Nioghalvfjerdsbrae

Nioghalvfjerdsbrae (79°00′N 025°00′W / 79°N 25°W / 79; -25), is a large glacier located in northeast Greenland. It drains an area of 103,314 km² (39,890 sq mi) of the Greenland Ice Sheet with a flux (quantity of ice moved from the land to the sea) of 14.3 km³ (3.4 cu mi) per year, as measured for 1996.^[1]

The glacier is sometimes referred to as "79 N Glacier" in English.

References

1. ^ Rignot E., Kanagaratnam P. (2006). "Changes in the velocity structure of the Greenland Ice Sheet". Science 311: 986–990. doi:10.1126/science.1121381. PMID 16484490.