Storstrommen ( da, Storstrømmen, meaning "Large Stream"), is one of the major

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 over many years, often centuries. It acquires distinguishing features, such as ...

s in northeastern

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 i ...

. It was named ''Storstrømmen'' because of its size by the ill-fated 1906–08 Denmark Expedition ''(Danmark-Ekspeditionen)'' led by Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen.

Geography

The mighty Storstrommen is roughly north–south oriented and has a width of over 20 km.

Queen Louise Land Queen Louise Land ( da, Dronning Louise Land; kl, Nuna Dronning Louise) is a vast mountainous region located west of Dove Bay, King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National P ...

''(Dronning Louise Land)'' lies to the west and Daniel Bruun Land to the east. Flowing southwards for over 125 kilometers from the area of the

Alabama Nunatak Alabama Nunatak is a nunatak in the King Frederick VIII Land area of northeastern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone. History This nunatak was named by Ejnar Mikkelsen after his ship during the 1 ...

, its front is in the

Bredebrae Bredebrae ( da, Bredebræ; "Broad Glacier"), sometimes also known as "Brede Glacier", is a large glacier in northeastern Greenland. It has its terminus on the east coast of the Greenland ice sheet. Geography The mighty Bredebrae is the front or th ...

,Fluctuations of Glaciers 1990-1995 (Vol. VII)
/ref> the confluence of two very large glaciers, the Storstrommen flowing from the north and the almost equally large L. Bistrup Brae from the south. The Storstrommen is part of an extensive glacier system that includes as well the Kofoed-Hansen Glacier ''(Kofoed-Hansen Bræ)'' to the NE and the Borgjokel Glacier to the SW.Neoglacial glacier changes around Storstrommen, North-East Greenland
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References

External links

Weather in Storstrømmen (Greenland)Captain Koch's Crossing of Greenland, Bulletin of the American Geographical Society, Vol. 46, No. 5 (1914), pp. 356-360CHRONIQUE GÉOGRAPHIQUE
(French) Glaciers of Greenland {{Greenland-geo-stub ceb:Storstrømmen (suba sa yelo) sv:Storstrømmen (glaciär)

Geography

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