Bredebrae

Bredebrae
Bredebræ
Bredebrae east of Queen Louise Land.
Map showing the location of Bredebrae Bredebræ
Map showing the location of Bredebrae Bredebræ
Location within Greenland
LocationGreenland
Coordinates76°36′N 22°50′W / 76.600°N 22.833°W / 76.600; -22.833
Width27 km
TerminusBorg Fjord
North Atlantic Ocean

Bredebrae (Danish: Bredebræ; "Broad Glacier"), sometimes also known as "Brede Glacier",[1] is a large glacier in northeastern Greenland. It has its terminus on the east coast of the Greenland ice sheet.[2]

Geography

The mighty Bredebrae is the front[3] or the confluence of two very large glaciers, the Storstrommen flowing from the north and the L. Bistrup Brae from the south.[4]

Bredebrae is a broad glacier producing masses of large icebergs with its terminus to the north and west of Lindhard Island at the head of Borg Fjord, west of Dove Bay, Greenland Sea. A huge amount of ice constantly drifts out of the fjord from the glacier, completely clogging the entrance of the fjord with multitude of irregularly-shaped icebergs.[5]

Map of Northeastern Greenland.

See also

References

  1. ^ Captain Koch's Crossing of Greenland, Bulletin of the American Geographical Society, Vol. 46, No. 5 (1914), pp. 356-360
  2. ^ "Bredebræ". Mapcarta. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  3. ^ Fluctuations of Glaciers 1990-1995 (Vol. VII)
  4. ^ "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 21 April 2016.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 126
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