Kjer Glacier

Kjer Glacier
Kjærs Bræ
Map showing the location of Kjer Glacier
Map showing the location of Kjer Glacier
Location within Greenland
LocationMelville Bay, Greenland
Coordinates75°3′N 57°35′W / 75.050°N 57.583°W / 75.050; -57.583
TerminusMelville Bay

Kjer Glacier is a tidewater glacier in the northwestern shore of Greenland. Administratively it belongs to Avannaata municipality.

Geography

It drains the Greenland ice sheet (Greenlandic: Sermersuaq) southwestwards into Melville Bay[1] south of the Steenstrup Glacier and north of the Hayes Glacier.[2] The glacier front is located to the northwest of the Tuttulikassak nunatak, with the glacier constituting the northern end of Upernavik Archipelago.[1]

Map of Northwestern Greenland

Administrative border

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] After that date both municipalities and the entire coast of Melville Bay were made part of Qaasuitsup municipality.[3] Since 1 January 2018 it is part of Avannaata municipality.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
  2. ^ "Kjer Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Fakta om kommunen" (in Danish). Qaasuitsup Municipality. Archived from the original on 30 October 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2010.