Kronborg Glacier ( da, Kronborg 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 ...

on the east coast of the

Greenland ice sheet The Greenland ice sheet ( da, Grønlands indlandsis, kl, Sermersuaq) is a vast body of ice covering , roughly near 80% of the surface of Greenland. It is sometimes referred to as an ice cap, or under the term ''inland ice'', or its Danish equiva ...

. It is named after

Kronborg Kronborg is a castle and stronghold in the town of Helsingør, Denmark. Immortalized as Elsinore in William Shakespeare's play ''Hamlet'', Kronborg is one of the most important Renaissance castles in Northern Europe and was inscribed on the UNES ...

Castle in

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark ...

. Administratively this glacier is part of the

Sermersooq Sermersooq (, da, sted med meget is, lit=place of much ice) is a municipality in Greenland, formed on 1 January 2009 from five earlier, smaller municipalities. Its administrative seat is the city of Nuuk (formerly called Godthåb), the capital ...

Municipality.

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The area surrounding the Kronborg Glacier is remote and uninhabited.

History

In 1962, a

VP-5 Patrol Squadron FIVE (VP-5) is a long-lived maritime patrol squadron of the United States Navy. It is the second squadron to bear the VP-5 designation. VP-5 is the second oldest patrol squadron, the fourth oldest in the United States Navy, and t ...

Lockheed P-2 Neptune The Lockheed P-2 Neptune (designated P2V by the United States Navy prior to September 1962) is a maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft. It was developed for the US Navy by Lockheed to replace the Lockheed PV-1 Ventura and ...

on a routine patrol mission crashed into the slope of the Kronborg Glacier in unknown circumstances, killing all twelve men aboard. The place where the plane had crashed was finally discovered in 1966 when four geologists found the remains, but it was not until 2004 that the

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recovered all the crew remains and memorialized the deceased at the crash site.

Geography

The Kronborg Glacier is a non-surge type

valley glacier A valley is an elongated low area often running between Hill, hills or Mountain, mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers ...

that does not drain the

directly, but flows partly from it across mountainous areas in a roughly north–south direction. It separates the Ejnar Mikkelsen Range in the west from the Borgtinderne in the east. Further south it separates the

Watkins Range The Watkins Range ( da, Watkins Bjerge) is Greenland's highest mountain range. It is located in King Christian IX Land, Sermersooq municipality. The range was named after British Arctic explorer Gino Watkins. History Made up entirely of nunat ...

and the Lilloise Range in the west from the

Wiedemann Range The Wiedemann Range ( da, Wiedemann Bjerge) is a mountain range in King Christian IX Land, eastern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Sermersooq Municipality. History The range was visited in 1932 by a team of geologists belong ...

in the east, until its terminus at the head of the Ravn Fjord in the East Greenland coast.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 110 A fast-flowing glacier, it is similar in structure to the neighbouring

Christian IV Glacier Christian IV Glacier ( da, Christian IV Gletscher or ''Kong Christian den IV's Gletscher'') is a large glacier on the east coast of the Greenland ice sheet. It is named after King Christian IV of Denmark (1577 – 1648). Administratively this gla ...

. The

Rosenborg Glacier Rosenborg may refer to: Places Denmark * Rosenborg Castle, a castle in Copenhagen, Denmark Norway * Rosenborg, Trondheim, an area in the city of Trondheim, Norway * Rosenborg (station) of the Oslo Tramway * Rosenborg (old station) of the Oslo Tram ...

is a smaller glacier flowing between both.Brooks, C.K. ''Geomorphological Observations at Kangerdlugssuaq, East Greenland'', Greenland Geoscience, Vol 1, 1979 p. 16

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VP-5 Memorial Current Recovery Attempt

Forbidden Coast - Aurora Arktika
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