Upernavik Glacier

Glacier in Greenland
72°50′N 54°10′W / 72.833°N 54.167°W / 72.833; -54.167TerminusUpernavik Icefjord
Upernavik Glacier is located in Upernavik Archipelago
Upernavik Glacier
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Upernavik Glacier (Upernavik Archipelago)

Upernavik Glacier (Greenlandic: Sermeq, Danish: Upernavik isstrøm) is a large tidewater glacier in Avannaata municipality on the northwestern shore of Greenland. It drains a large portion of the Greenland ice sheet westwards into Upernavik Icefjord.[1]

References

  1. ^ Upernavik, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
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Upernavik Archipelago, Greenland
Bays
  • Alison
  • Baffin
  • Inussulik
  • Melville
  • Qeqertaussap Iterlaa
  • Sugar Loaf
  • Tasiusaq
Fjords
  • Eqalugaarsuit
  • Kangerluarsuk
  • Kangerlussuaq (Kangeq Peninsula)
  • Kangerlussuaq Icefjord
  • Nasaussap Saqqaa
  • Nuussuup Kangia
  • Saqqarsuaq
  • Sullua
  • Upernavik Icefjord
Glaciers
  • Alanngorsuup Sermia
  • Cornell
  • Giesecke
  • Hayes
  • Illullip Sermia
  • Kjer
  • Nunatakassaup Sermia
  • Nunatakassaup Sermia (Tasiusaq Bay)
  • Upernavik
Headlands
  • Cape Shackleton
  • Nuussuup Nuua
  • Wilcox Head
Islands
Melville Bay
  • Kiatassuaq
  • Kiataussaq
  • Kullorsuaq
  • Saarlia
  • Saqqarlersuaq
Inussulik Bay
Sugar Loaf Bay
Tasiusaq Bay
Baffin Bay
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