List of glaciers in Greenland
Rink Glacier, west Greenland
NASA picture of the southern part of Romer Lake with the Elephant Foot Glacier.
This is a list of glaciers in Greenland. Details on the size and flow of some of the major Greenlandic glaciers are listed by Eric Rignot and Pannir Kanagaratnam (2006)[1]
List of Glaciers
Ice sheets and caps
- Greenland Ice Sheet
- Christian Erichsen Ice Cap
- Flade Isblink
- Hans Tausen Ice Cap
- Mælkevejen
- Maniitsoq Ice Cap (Sukkertoppen)
- Storm Ice Cap
Other glaciers
- Academy Glacier
- Akuliarutsip Sermerssua
- Apusiaajik Glacier
- Bernstorff Glacier
- Borgjokel Glacier
- Bowdoin Glacier
- Bredebrae
- Chamberlin Glacier
- Christian IV Glacier
- Copeland Glacier (Pasterze Glacier)[2]
- Daugaard-Jensen Glacier
- Docker Glacier
- Ejnar Mikkelsen Glacier
- Fenris Glacier
- Fimbul Glacier
- Frederikshaab Glacier
- Gades Glacier
- Garm (glacier)
- Hagen Glacier
- Hans Glacier
- Harald Moltke Glacier
- Hayes Glacier
- Heilprin Glacier
- Helheim Glacier
- Humboldt Glacier
- Ingia
- Igdlugdlip Glaicer
- Ikertivaq Glacier
- J.P. Koch Glacier
- Jakobshavn Isbræ
- Kangerlussuaq Glacier
- Kangerdlugssup Glacier
- Kangerdluarssup Sermia
- Karale Glacier
- Kangiata Nunata Sermia
- Knud Rasmussen Glacier
- Kofoed-Hansen Glacier
- King Oscar Glacier
- K.J.V. Steenstrup Glacier
- Kjer Glacier
- L. Bistrup Bræ Glacier
- Lille Glacier
- Marie Sophie Glacier
- Midgard Glacier
- Mittivakkat Glacier
- Nioghalvfjerdsbrae
- Nordenskiold Glacier NW
- Nordenskiold Glacier W
- Nunatakavsaup Glacier
- Nunatakassaap Sermia
- Ostenfeld Glacier
- Peary Glacier
- Perdlerfiup Sermia
- Petermann Glacier
- Rink Glacier
- Russell Glacier
- Ryder Glacier
- Salisbury Glacier
- Sermeq Avannarleq near Ilulissat
- Sermeq Avannarleq in Uummannaq District
- Sermeq Silardleq
- Sermilik Qagssimiut
- Sermitsiaq Glacier
- Sleipner Glacier
- Steenstrup Glacier
- Storstrømmen Glacier
- Store Glacier
- Storebjorn Glacier
- Tingmjarmiut
- Tracy Glacier
- Upernavik Isstrøm
- Umiamako Glacier
- Verhoeff Gletscher
- Vibeke Glacier
- Waltershausen Glacier
- Wordie Glacier
- Zachariæ Isstrøm
See also
References
- ↑ Rignot E., Kanagaratnam P. (2006). "Changes in the velocity structure of the Greenland Ice Sheet". Science. 311 (5763): 986–990. doi:10.1126/science.1121381. PMID 16484490.
- ↑ "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland" (PDF). Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
External links
Media related to Glaciers of Greenland at Wikimedia Commons- Locations of Greenland glaciers
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