Kjer Glacier
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| Kjer Glacier | |
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| Kjærs Bræ | |
  Location within Greenland | |
| Location | Melville Bay, Greenland |
| Coordinates | 75°3′N 57°35′W / 75.050°N 57.583°W |
| Terminus | Melville Bay |
Kjer Glacier is a tidewater glacier in the northwestern shore of Greenland. Administratively it belongs to Avannaata municipality.
Geography[edit]
It drains the Greenland ice sheet (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]
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Administrative border[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
- ^ "Kjer Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ^ "Fakta om kommunen" (in Danish). Qaasuitsup Municipality. Archived from the original on 30 October 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2010.