Wolstenholme Fjord

Wolstenholme Fjord

The Wolstenholme Fjord is located in the far northwest of Greenland, to the north of the Thule Air Base. The fjord is impressive due to its waters being fed by four large glaciers, and for this reason is sometimes referred to as "the world's largest ice machine". The glaciers are the Salisbury Glacier, the Champerlin Glacier, the Knud Rasmussen Glacier, and the Harald Moltke Glacier.


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