Heim Glacier ( da, Heim Gletscher), is a

glacier 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#Glaciology, ablation over many years, often Century, centuries. It acquires dis ...

in eastern

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 named after Swiss geologist and glacial phenomena expert

Albert Heim Albert Heim (12 April 184931 August 1937) was a Swiss geologist, noted for his three-volume ''Geologie der Schweiz''. Born in Zürich, he was educated at Zürich and Berlin universities. Very early in life he became interested in the physical fe ...

(1849–1937).

Geography

The Heim Glacier originates in the Eastern side of the Greenland Ice Sheet. It flows roughly southeastward about to the north of the

Bruckner Glacier Bruckner Glacier ( da, Brückner Gletscher), is a glacier in eastern Greenland. Geography The Bruckner Glacier originates in the Eastern side of the Greenland Ice Sheet. It flows eastward about to the south of the Heim Glacier. It has its te ...

. It has its terminus in the eastern side of the head of Johan Petersen Fjord separated by

nunatak A nunatak (from Inuit ''nunataq'') is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge. They are also called glacial islands. Examples are natural pyramidal peaks. ...

s from the terminus of the Bruckner Glacier to the east.

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Together the Heim and Bruckner glaciers discharge

icebergs An iceberg is a piece of freshwater ice more than 15 m long that has broken off a glacier or an ice shelf and is floating freely in open (salt) water. Smaller chunks of floating glacially-derived ice are called "growlers" or "bergy bits". The ...

into the inner part of the fjord.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 104

Bibliography

References

External links

Southeast Greenland glaciers to warm Atlantic Water from Operation IceBridge and Ocean Melting Greenland data - ResearchGate
Glaciers of Greenland {{Greenland-geo-stub