| Nordenskiold Glacier | |
|---|---|
| Nordenskiöld Gletscher | |
 Photograph of Nordenskiold Glacier by the US Coast Guard. | |
  Location within Greenland | |
| Type | Tidewater glacier |
| Location | Greenland |
| Coordinates | 75°48′N 59°0′W / 75.800°N 59.000°W |
| Terminus | Melville Bay |
Nordenskiold Glacier (Danish: Nordenskiöld Gletscher), is a large glacier in the Avannaata Municipality, on the northwestern coast of Greenland.
Geography
This glacier is located in the Lauge Koch Coast of Melville Bay, north of the Upernavik Archipelago. It drains the Greenland ice sheet (Greenlandic: Sermersuaq) and flows southwestwards between the King Oscar Glacier to the northwest and the Sverdrup Glacier to the southeast.[1]
 Map of Northwestern Greenland |
See also
References
- ↑ "Nordenskiöld Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
External links
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