Nordenskiöld Glacier
Glacier in Greenland
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Nordenskiöld Glacier (Danish: Nordenskiöld Gletscher), is a large glacier in the Avannaata Municipality, on the northwestern coast of Greenland.
| Nordenskiöld Glacier | |
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| Nordenskiöld Gletscher | |
Photograph of Nordenskiöld Glacier by the US Coast Guard | |
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| Type | Tidewater glacier |
| Location | Greenland |
| Coordinates | 75°48′N 59°0′W |
| Terminus | Melville Bay |
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]
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