Puisortoq
Map showing the location of Puisortoq
Map showing the location of Puisortoq
Location within Greenland
TypeTidewater glacier
LocationGreenland
Coordinates61°57′N 42°17′W / 61.950°N 42.283°W / 61.950; -42.283
Thickness569 m (1866 ft)
TerminusNorth Atlantic Ocean

Puisortoq is a glacier on the east coast of Greenland.[1] It has been in a status of retreat for the past years.[2]

It is a very active glacier protruding into the sea and discharging great amounts of ice, making navigation along the coast dangerous.

Geography

Puisortoq is located in the King Frederick VI Coast, the remote and uninhabited southeastern shore of Greenland. It protrudes into the sea south of Cape Steen Bille and north of Cape Cort Adelaer, forming a large and nearly 200 m (660 ft) high icy cliff.[3]

This glacier was dreaded by the Inuit because large fragments of ice would break underwater and shoot to the surface like projectiles, hence its name meaning "where the ice rises to the surface".[3] The local Inuit advised Gino Watkins:

... Do not speak, do not eat, until Puisortoq is passed.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Puisortoq". Mapcarta. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  2. ↑ Puisortoq North Glacier Retreat Southeast Greenland
  3. 1 2 Spencer Apollonio, Lands that Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland, p. 34
  4. ↑ Freddie Spencer Chapman, Northern Lights, p. 241
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