Bredebrae
| Bredebrae Bredebræ | |
|---|---|
  Location within Greenland | |
| Location | Greenland |
| Coordinates | 76°36′N 22°50′W / 76.600°N 22.833°WCoordinates: 76°36′N 22°50′W / 76.600°N 22.833°W |
| Width | 27 km |
| Terminus |
Borge Fjord North Atlantic Ocean |
Bredebrae (Danish: Bredebræ; "Broad Glacier"), sometimes also known as "Brede Glacier",[1] is a large glacier in northeastern Greenland. It has its terminus on the east coast of the Greenland ice sheet.[2]
Geography
The mighty Bredebrae is the front[3] or the confluence of two very large glaciers, the Storstrommen flowing from the north and the L. Bistrup Brae from the south.[4]
Bredebrae is a broad glacier producing masses of large icebergs with its terminus to the north and west of Lindhard Island at the head of Borge Fjord, west of Dove Bay, Greenland Sea. A huge amount of ice constantly drifts out of the fjord from the glacier, completely clogging the entrance of the fjord with multitude of irregularly-shaped icebergs.[5]
 Map of Northeastern Greenland. |
See also
References
- ↑ Captain Koch's Crossing of Greenland, Bulletin of the American Geographical Society, Vol. 46, No. 5 (1914), pp. 356-360
- ↑ "Bredebræ". Mapcarta. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ↑ Fluctuations of Glaciers 1990-1995 (Vol. VII)
- ↑ "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland" (PDF). Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ↑ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 126
External links
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