List of glaciers in Greenland explained

This is a list of glaciers in Greenland. Details on the size and flow of some of the major Greenlandic glaciers are listed by Eric Rignot and Pannir Kanagaratnam (2006)^[1]

Ice sheets and caps

• Greenland Ice Sheet
• Ad Astra Ice Cap
• Christian Erichsen Ice Cap
• Flade Isblink
• Geikie Plateau
• Gungner Ice Cap
• Hans Tausen Ice Cap
• Heimdal Ice Cap
• Hurlbut Glacier
• Ismarken
• Mælkevejen
• Maniitsoq Ice Cap (Sukkertoppen)
• Storm Ice Cap
• Upper Frederiksborg Glacier

Other glaciers

• A. Harmsworth Glacier
• Aage Bertelsen Glacier
• Academy Glacier, N
• Academy Glacier, NW
• Admiralty Glacier
• Adolf Hoel Glacier
• Akuliarutsip Sermerssua
• Amdrup Glacier
• Apusiaajik Glacier
• Balder Glacier
• Bernstorff Glacier
• Borgjokel
• Bowdoin Glacier
• Bredebrae
• Britannia Glacier
• Bruckner Glacier
• C. H. Ostenfeld Glacier
• Chamberlin Glacier
• Christian IV Glacier
• Copeland Glacier (Pasterze Glacier)^[2]
• Daugaard-Jensen Glacier
• Diebitsch Glacier
• Docker Smith Glacier
• Dodge Glacier
• Ejnar Mikkelsen Glacier
• F. Graae Glacier
• Fan Glacier
• Farquhar Glacier
• Fenris Glacier
• Fimbul Glacier
• Frederiksborg Glacier
  • Frederikshaab Glacier Gade Glacier
• Garm (glacier)
• Gerard de Geer Glacier
  • Gerd Glacier Guldfaxe
  • Gymer Glacier Hagen Glacier
• Hamberg Glacier
• Hann Glacier
• Hans Glacier
• Harald Moltke Glacier
• Hart Glacier
• Hayes Glacier
• Heilprin Glacier
• Heim Glacier
• Heimdal Glacier
• Helheim Glacier
• Helland Glacier
• Henson Glacier
• Hiawatha Glacier
• Hubbard Glacier
• Humboldt Glacier
• Hutchinson Glacier
• Igdlugdlip Glacier
• Ikertivaq Glacier
• Ingia Glacier
• J.P. Koch Glacier
• Jaette Glacier
• Jakobshavn Isbræ
• Kangerlussuaq Glacier
• Kangerdlugssup Glacier
• Kangerdluarssup Sermia
• Kangiata Nunata Sermia
• Karale Glacier
• Knud Rasmussen Glacier
• King Oscar Glacier
• Kjer Glacier
• K.J.V. Steenstrup Glacier
• Kofoed-Hansen Glacier
• Kronborg Glacier
  • L. Bistrup Bræ Glacier Leidy Glacier
• Lille Glacier
  • Marie Sophie Glacier Melville Glacier
• Midgard Glacier
• Mittivakkat Glacier
• Mohn Glacier
• Moore Glacier
• Morris Jesup Glacier
• Nansen Glacier
• Nioghalvfjerdsbrae
• Nordenskiold Glacier NW
• Nordenskiold Glacier W
• Nunatak Glacier
• Nunatakavsaup Glacier
• Nunatakassaap Sermia
• Nyeboe Glacier
• Peary Glacier
• Perdlerfiup Sermia
• Petermann Glacier
• Puisortoq
• Raven Glacier
• Rimfaxe
• Rink Glacier
• Rink Glacier (Melville Bay)
• Rosenborg Glacier
• Russell Glacier
• Ryder Glacier
• Salisbury Glacier
• Scarlet Heart Glacier
• Sermeq Avannarleq near Ilulissat
• Sermeq Avannarleq in Uummannaq District
• Sermeq Silardleq
• Sermilik Qagssimiut
• Sermitsiaq Glacier
• Sharp Glacier
• Sif Glacier
• Skinfaxe
• Sleipner Glacier
• Spalte Glacier
• Steensby Glacier
• Steenstrup Glacier
• Storstrømmen Glacier
• Store Glacier
  • Storebjørn Glacier Sun Glacier
• Sverdrup Glacier
• Thomas Glacier
• Tingmjarmiut
• Tjalfe Glacier (SE Greenland)
• Tjalfe Glacier
• Tjasse Glacier
• Tracy Glacier
• Upernavik Isstrøm
• Umiamako Glacier
• Verhoeff Glacier
• Vibeke Glacier
• Waltershausen Glacier
• Wordie Glacier
  • Ydun Glacier Ygdrasil
  • Ymer Glacier Zachariæ Isstrøm

Firns

• Daniel Bruun Firn^[3]
• Dreyer Firn^[4]
• Rink Firn
• Sven Hedin Firn^[5]

See also

• List of glaciers
• List of fjords of Greenland

External links

• • Locations of Greenland glaciers (archived)
• Fuller list (archived)

Notes and References

1. Rignot E., Kanagaratnam P. . Changes in the velocity structure of the Greenland Ice Sheet . . 311 . 986–990 . 2006 . 10.1126/science.1121381 . 16484490 . 5763. 22389368 .
2. Web site: Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland . Geological Survey of Denmark . 21 April 2016.
3. Web site: DanielBruun Firn. Mapcarta. 31 May 2019.
4. Web site: Dreyer Firn. Mapcarta. 31 May 2019.
5. Sven Hedin Firn, Army Map Service, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Greenland 1:250,000