Nunatak Glacier ( da, Nunatakgletscher), also known as Nunatak Glacier, is a

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King Christian X Land King Christian X Land ( da, Kong Christian X Land) is an area of northeastern Greenland. History This area was named after King Christian X of Denmark and Iceland (1870 – 1947), who rose to the throne in 1912. At the time of the Three-year E ...

, Northeast

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. Administratively it lies in 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 ...

zone. The area where the glacier flows is remote and uninhabited.

History

This glacier was named ''Nunatak glacieren'' in 1899 by Swedish

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and

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A.G. Nathorst during the expedition he led to Greenland in search of survivors of

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. The name was chosen owing to the tops of

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s appearing to overhang it.

Geography

The Nunatak Glacier originates at the eastern end of the

Adolf Hoel Glacier Adolf Hoel Glacier ( da, Adolf Hoels Gletscher), also known as Hoel Glacier ''(Hoels Gletscher)'', is one of the major glaciers in King Christian X Land, Northeast Greenland. Administratively it lies in the Northeast Greenland National Park zone. ...

, south of the area of the

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nunatak. Strindberg Land lies to the east and the northeastern end of Andrée Land on its western side. It flows in a roughly northwest to southeast direction for about until its terminus at the head of the

Geologfjord Geologfjord is a fjord in King Christian X Land, East Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park. History The fjord was named in 1899 by Swedish Arctic explorer and geologist Alfred Gabriel Nathorst, A.G. Natho ...

. The Eyvind Fjeld Glacier flows beyond the northwestern end of the Nunatak Glacier, to the west of Jakob Kjøde Bjerg.journey across the nunataks of central east greenland, 1951
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Bibliography

*A. K. Higgins, Jane A. Gilotti, M. Paul Smith (eds.), ''The Greenland Caledonides: Evolution of the Northeast Margin of Laurentia''. * Louise A. Boyd and R. H. Menzies
''Fiords of East Greenland: A Photographic Reconnaissance throughout the Franz Josef and King Oscar Flords'', Geographical Review Vol. 22, No. 4 (Oct., 1932), pp. 529-561
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References

External links

Nunatak Glacier at Geologist Fjord, Northeast GreenlandGreenland Pilot - Danish Geodata Agency
Glaciers of Greenland {{Greenland-geo-stub ceb:Nunatakgletscher nl:Nunatakgletsjer sv:Nunatakgletscher