The Børglum River ( da, Børglum Elv) is a river in

Peary Land Peary Land is a peninsula in northern Greenland, extending into the Arctic Ocean. It reaches from Victoria Fjord in the west to Independence Fjord in the south and southeast, and to the Arctic Ocean in the north, with Cape Morris Jesup, the north ...

Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is t ...

. It is the largest river in Greenland.Nunat Aqqi; Stednavne
/ref> Administratively it is part of the

Northeast Greenland National Park Northeast Greenland National Park ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaanni nuna eqqissisimatitaq, da, Grønlands Nationalpark) is the world's largest national park and the 10th List of largest protected areas in the world, largest protected area (the only large ...

. The Børglum River Formation is named after the river. Fossils dating back to the

Ordovician The Ordovician ( ) is a geologic period and System (geology), system, the second of six periods of the Paleozoic Era (geology), Era. The Ordovician spans 41.6 million years from the end of the Cambrian Period million years ago (Mya) to the start ...

have been found in it. The Børglum River Formation was deposited in the paleoequatorial marginal seas of

Laurentia Laurentia or the North American Craton is a large continental craton that forms the ancient geological core of North America. Many times in its past, Laurentia has been a separate continent, as it is now in the form of North America, although ...

during the

Katian The Katian is the second stage of the Upper Ordovician. It is preceded by the Sandbian and succeeded by the Hirnantian Stage. The Katian began million years ago and lasted for about 7.8 million years until the beginning of the Hirnantian millio ...

.Transgressive-regressive events and facies through the Upper Ordovician - Lower Silurian of Peary Land, North Greenland
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The Børglum River is formed on the southern slopes of the

Nordkrone Nordkrone ( da, Nordkronen, meaning "Northern Crown") is a mountainous area in Peary Land, Northern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. Fossils dating back to the Silurian have been found in the area o ...

. After leaving the mountains it heads roughly southwards across the desolate territories of the western limit of

Melville Land Melville Land is an area in Peary Land, North Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. Google Maps History Robert Peary named the territory, together with Heilprin Land, in 1892 during his North Greenlan ...

, an

unglaciated A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires distinguishing features, such as ...

area. Finally it bends southwestwards and joins the left side of the Brønlund Fjord from its mouth in the

Independence Fjord Independence Fjord or Independence Sound is a large fjord or sound in the eastern part of northern Greenland. It is about long and up to wide. Its mouth, opening to the Wandel Sea of the Arctic Ocean is located at . In the area around Independe ...

. The river receives many tributaries along its course. The river was first mapped by Danish Arctic explorer

Lauge Koch Lauge Koch (5 July 1892 – 5 June 1964) was a Danish geologist and Arctic explorer. Biography Lauge Koch was born in 1892 to Karl and Elisabeth Koch. His development as a scientist was greatly influenced by his father's second cousin Johan Pet ...

during his

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of 1938. He named it after the medieval

Børglum Abbey Børglum Abbey was an important Premonstratensian abbey of medieval Denmark, located in Børglum parish, in the commune of Hjørring, approximately five kilometers east of Løkken in north central Jutland (Region Nordjylland) from the 12th centu ...

in Denmark.

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Cephalopod assemblages from the Upper Ordovician Børglum River Formation, Peary Land, North Greenland.Cambrian–Silurian stratigraphy of Børglum Elv, Peary Land, eastern North Greenland
Rivers of Greenland Peary Land

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