Daugaard-Jensen Glacier

Photograph of Daugaard-Jensen Glacier taken from a helicopter

Daugaard-Jensen Glacier (71°46′N 029°15′W / 71.767°N 29.25°W / 71.767; -29.25), is a large glacier located on the southeast coast of Greenland. It drains an area of 50,150 km² of the Greenland Ice Sheet with a flux (quantity of ice moved from the land to the sea) of 10.5 km³ per year, as measured for 1996.^[1] It is one of the main producers of icebergs to the north of Iceland.^[2]

References

1. ^ Rignot E., Kanagaratnam P. (2006). "Changes in the velocity structure of the Greenland Ice Sheet". Science 311 (5763): 986–990. doi:10.1126/science.1121381. PMID 16484490. 
2. ^ Reynisson R.F., Jacobsson S.P. (2009). "Xenoliths of exotic origin at Surtsey volcano, Iceland". Surtsey Research 12: 21–27. http://www.surtsey.is/SRS_publ/2009-XII/low_res/2009-XII_021-027_Xenoliths--lw.pdf.