Kjer Glacier
| Kjer Glacier | |
|---|---|
| Location | Melville Bay, Greenland |
| Coordinates | 75°03′N 57°35′W / 75.050°N 57.583°WCoordinates: 75°03′N 57°35′W / 75.050°N 57.583°W |
| Terminus | Melville Bay |
Kjer Glacier
Location within Greenland
Kjer Glacier is a tidewater glacier in the Qaasuitsup municipality, located on the northwestern shore of Greenland. It drains the Greenland ice sheet (Greenlandic: Sermersuaq) southweatwards into Melville Bay.[1] The glacier front is located to the northwest of the Tuttulikassak nunatak, with the glacier constituting the northern end of Upernavik Archipelago.[1]
Administrative border
Main article: Qaasuitsup
Before the administrative changes on 1 January 2009 in the country, the border between the former Upernavik Municipality and the former Qaanaaq Municipality ran through Kjer Glacier.[1] Since then, both municipalities and the entire coast of Melville Bay are part of the Qaasuitsup municipality, at 660,000 km2 (254,827.4 sq mi) the largest municipality in the world.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
- ↑ "Fakta om kommunen" (in Danish). Qaasuitsup Municipality. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
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