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Cornell Glacier

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Cornell Glacier (Greenlandic: Ikissuup Sermersua, old spelling: Ikigssûp Sermerssua, Danish: Cornell Gletscher) is a tidewater glacier in Avannaata municipality on the northwestern shore of Greenland. It drains the Greenland ice sheet westwards into Nuussuup Kangia, a fjord inlet of Sugar Loaf Bay, to the east of the base of Nuussuaq Peninsula.[1]

Coordinates74°14′N 56°00′W
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Cornell Glacier
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LocationUpernavik Archipelago, Greenland
Coordinates74°14′N 56°00′W
TerminusNuussuup Kangia
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Cornell Glacier is located in Upernavik Archipelago
Cornell Glacier
Cornell Glacier (Upernavik Archipelago)

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