Kjer Glacier Explained

Kjer Glacier
Other Name:Kjærs Bræ
Location:Melville Bay, Greenland
Map:Greenland
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Coords:75.05°N -92°W
Terminus:Melville 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 (Kalaallisut; 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]

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

Notes and References

  1. Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
  2. Web site: Kjer Gletscher. Mapcarta. 20 June 2019.
  3. Web site: Fakta om kommunen . Qaasuitsup Municipality . da . 3 September 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101030062742/http://www.qaasuitsup.gl/da-DK/Om-kommunen/Fakta-om-kommunen . 30 October 2010 .