This is a list of glaciers in Greenland. Details on the size and flow of some of the major

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 ...

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 a ...

s are listed by Eric Rignot and Pannir Kanagaratnam (2006)

Ice sheets and caps

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 equi ...

* Christian Erichsen Ice Cap *

Flade Isblink Flade Isblink is an ice cap on the Crown Prince Christian Land peninsula, King Frederick VIII Land, NE Greenland. Station Nord, the only inhabited place in the region, lies to the northwest, off the ice cap area. History The Flade Isblink was ...

* Gungner Ice Cap *

Hans Tausen Ice Cap Hans Tausen Ice Cap ( da, Hans Tausens Iskappe) is an ice cap in Peary Land, northern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. Age Ice cores show it is around 3500–4000 years old. It formed since the H ...

* Heimdal Ice Cap *

Hurlbut Glacier Hurlbut Glacier ( da, Hurlbut Gletscher) is a glacier in northwestern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality. This glacier was named by Robert Peary after Geoge Hurlbut (1830 – 1908), secretary and librarian of th ...

* Ismarken * Mælkevejen *

Maniitsoq Ice Cap Maniitsoq Ice Cap (old spelling: ''Manîtsoq'', da, Sukkertoppen iskappe or ''Sukkertoppen isflade'') is a ice cap in the Qeqqata municipality in western Greenland. Geography There are no settlements in the vicinity of the ice cap. In the so ...

(Sukkertoppen) * Storm Ice Cap * Upper Frederiksborg Glacier

Other glaciers

A. Harmsworth Glacier A. Harmsworth Glacier or Alfred Harmsworth Glacier ( da, A. Harmsworth Gletscher) is a glacier in northern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park. The glacier was named by Robert Peary after British ne ...

* Aage Bertelsen Glacier * Academy Glacier, N * Academy Glacier, NW * Adolf Hoel Glacier * Akuliarutsip Sermerssua * Amdrup Glacier * Apusiaajik Glacier * Balder Glacier * Bernstorff Glacier * Borgjokel Glacier *

Bowdoin Glacier Bowdoin Glacier ( da, Bowdoin Gletscher or ''Bowdoin Brae''), is a glacier in northwestern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality. Like the fjord further south, this glacier was named by Robert Peary after Bowdoin ...

* Bredebrae * Bruckner Glacier * C. H. Ostenfeld Glacier * Chamberlin Glacier *

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 glac ...

* Copeland Glacier (Pasterze Glacier) * Daugaard-Jensen Glacier * Diebitsch Glacier * Docker Smith Glacier * Dodge Glacier * Ejnar Mikkelsen Glacier * F. Graae Glacier * Fan Glacier *

Farquhar Glacier Farquhar Glacier ( da, Farquhar Gletscher), is a glacier in northwestern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality. This glacier was named by Robert Peary after Commodore Farquhar (1840 – 1907), Chief of the Bureau of ...

Fenris Glacier Fenris Glacier ( da, Fenrisgletscher) is a glacier in the Sermersooq municipality, Eastern Greenland. This glacier is named after Fenris (Fenrir), the mighty wolf of Norse mythology. Geography The Fenris Glacier is located on the eastern side of t ...

Fimbul Glacier Fimbul Glacier ( da, Fimbulgletscher), is a glacier in eastern Greenland. This glacier was named after an Old Norse word for "giant" or "mighty". Geography The Fimbul Glacier originates in western Odinland, a glaciated peninsula. It flows sou ...

* Frederiksborg Glacier *

Frederikshaab Glacier Frederikshaab Glacier is a glacier on the southwest coast of Greenland in the Sermersooq municipality. It flows from Greenland's ice sheet and at its mouth melts into various ponds and channels that empty into Davis Strait. The nearest major town i ...

* Gade Glacier *

Garm (glacier) Garm ( da, Garm Gletscher) is a glacier of the King Frederick VI Coast in the Sermersooq municipality, southeastern Greenland. This glacier is named after Garm, the mythical dog that guards Hel's gate in Norse mythology. Geography Garm is loca ...

* Gerard de Geer Glacier *

Gerd Glacier Gerd or GERD may refer to: * Gerd (given name), a list of people with the given name or nickname * Gerd (moon), a moon of Saturn * Gerd Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica * Gastroesophageal reflux disease, a chronic symptom of mucosal damage ...

* Guldfaxe * Gymer Glacier *

Hagen Glacier Hagen () is the 41st-largest city in Germany. The municipality is located in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the south eastern edge of the Ruhr area, 15 km south of Dortmund, where the rivers Lenne and Volme (met by ...

* Hamberg Glacier * Hann Glacier * Hans Glacier * Harald Moltke Glacier * Hart Glacier *

Hayes Glacier Hayes Glacier in Antarctica enters the southeast part of the Weddell Sea about west-southwest of Dawson-Lambton Glacier. It was discovered in the course of a U.S. Navy LC-130 plane flight over the Caird Coast on November 5, 1967, and was plot ...

Heilprin Glacier Heilprin Glacier ( da, Heilprin Gletscher), is a glacier in northwestern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality. This glacier was named by Robert Peary after geologist, paleontologist and naturalist Angelo Heilprin (1 ...

* Heim Glacier * Heimdal Glacier *

Helheim Glacier Helheim Glacier is a glacier in the Sermersooq municipality, Eastern Greenland. This glacier is named after Helheim, the world of the dead in Norse Mythology. Geography The Helheim Glacier is located on the eastern side of the Greenland ice she ...

Helland Glacier Helland Glacier () is a glacier long flowing southwest from Mount Paget to Rocky Bay, on the south side of South Georgia. It was mapped by Olaf Holtedahl during his visit to South Georgia in 1927–28, and named by him for Amund Helland, a N ...

Henson Glacier Henson Glacier is a glacier flowing northward from the Detroit Plateau in Graham Land, Antarctica, and merging with Wright Ice Piedmont about southwest of Hargrave Hill. It was mapped from air photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd (1955 ...

Hiawatha Glacier Hiawatha Glacier is a glacier in northwest Greenland, with its terminus in Inglefield Land. It was mapped in 1922 by Lauge Koch, who noted that the glacier tongue extended into Lake Alida (near Foulk Fjord). Hiawatha Glacier attracted attention in ...

* Hubbard Glacier *

Humboldt Glacier Humboldt Glacier ( da, Humboldt Gletscher) is one of the major glaciers in northern Greenland. The glacier is named after German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt and is the widest tidewater glacier in the Northern Hemisphere. Geography The Humb ...

* Hutchinson Glacier * Igdlugdlip Glacier *

Ikertivaq Glacier Ikertivaq, also known as Ikersuaq or Ikerssuaq, is a bay or fjord in Sermersooq municipality, southeastern Greenland.GoogleEarth Tundra climate prevails in the area of the fjord, the average annual temperature in the area being -8 °C . The w ...

* Ingia Glacier * J.P. Koch Glacier * Jaette Glacier *

Jakobshavn Isbræ Jakobshavn Glacier ( da, Jakobshavn Isbræ), also known as Ilulissat Glacier ( kl, Sermeq Kujalleq), is a large outlet glacier in West Greenland. It is located near the Greenlandic town of Ilulissat (colonial name in da, Jakobshavn) and ends ...

Kangerlussuaq Glacier Kangerlussuaq Glacier ( kl, Kangerlussuaq, meaning 'large fjord'; old spelling ''Kangerdlugssuaq'') is the largest glacier on the east coast of the Greenland ice sheet. It flows into the head of the Kangerlussuaq Fjord, the second largest fjord ...

* Kangerdlugssup Glacier * Kangerdluarssup Sermia * Kangiata Nunata Sermia * Karale Glacier * Knud Rasmussen Glacier * King Oscar Glacier * Kjer Glacier * K.J.V. Steenstrup Glacier * Kofoed-Hansen Glacier *

Kronborg Glacier Kronborg Glacier ( da, Kronborg Gletscher) is a glacier on the east coast of the Greenland ice sheet. It is named after Kronborg Castle in Denmark. Administratively this glacier is part of the Sermersooq Municipality.Google Earth The area surround ...

* L. Bistrup Bræ Glacier * Leidy Glacier * Lille Glacier * Marie Sophie Glacier * Melville Glacier *

Midgard Glacier Midgard Glacier ( da, Midgårdsgletscher) is a glacier in the Sermersooq municipality, Eastern Greenland. This glacier is named after Midgard, one of the Nine Worlds in Norse mythology. Geography The Midgard Glacier is located on the eastern side ...

Mittivakkat Glacier The Mittivakkat Glacier is located in southeast Greenland, and is part of the largest ice field on Ammassalik Island. This glacier has been in retreat (negative net mass balance) throughout most of recorded history Recorded history or writ ...

* Mohn Glacier *

Moore Glacier Moore Glacier ( da, Moore Gletscher) is a glacier in northern Greenland.Google Earth Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park. Between 2006 and 2010 there was an automatic weather station in the glacier. The glacier wa ...

* Morris Jesup Glacier *

Nansen Glacier Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen (; 10 October 186113 May 1930) was a Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He gained prominence at various points in his life as an explorer, scientist, diplomat, and humanitarian. He led the team t ...

Nioghalvfjerdsbrae Nioghalvfjerdsbrae (), sometimes referred to as "79th parallel north, 79 N Glacier", is a large glacier located in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland. It drains an area of of the Greenland Ice Sheet with a flux (quantity of ice moved ...

* Nordenskiold Glacier NW * Nordenskiold Glacier W * Nunatak Glacier * Nunatakavsaup Glacier * Nunatakassaap Sermia * Nyeboe Glacier * Peary Glacier * Perdlerfiup Sermia *

Petermann Glacier Petermann Glacier ( da, Petermann Gletsjer) is a large glacier located in North-West Greenland to the east of Nares Strait. It connects the Greenland ice sheet to the Arctic Ocean at 81°10' north latitude, near Hans Island. The glacier and its ...

* Puisortoq * Raven Glacier * Rimfaxe * Rink Glacier * Rink Glacier (Melville Bay) * Rosenborg Glacier * Russell Glacier *

Ryder Glacier Ryder Glacier is a gently sloping glacier, 13 nautical miles (24 km) long and wide, flowing west from the Dyer Plateau of Palmer Land into George VI Sound to the south of Gurney Point. First surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Exp ...

* Salisbury Glacier * Scarlet Heart Glacier * Sermeq Avannarleq near Ilulissat * Sermeq Avannarleq in Uummannaq District * Sermeq Silardleq * Sermilik Qagssimiut *

Sermitsiaq Glacier Sermitsiaq Glacier is a tidewater glacier in the Qeqqata municipality in western Greenland. It drains Maniitsoq ice cap into two fjords flowing towards Davis Strait: Kangaamiut Kangerluarsuat Fjord in the north, and the longer Kangerlussuatsiaq ...

Sharp Glacier Sharp Glacier is a glacier flowing north to the head of Lallemand Fjord, close east of the Boyle Mountains, in Graham Land. Mapped by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's nationa ...

* Sif Glacier * Skinfaxe *

Sleipner Glacier Sleipner Glacier ( da, Sleipner Gletscher), is a glacier in eastern Greenland. This glacier was named after Sleipner, Odin's mythical eight-legged flying horse. Geography The Sleipner Glacier originates in central Odinland, a heavily glaciate ...

Spalte Glacier The Spalte Glacier was a large floating glacier located in Crown Prince Christian Land, northeastern Greenland. The glacier broke up and completely disintegrated in July 2020. Geography The glacier was a northern offshoot of the Nioghalvfjerds ...

Steensby Glacier Steensby Glacier ( da, Steensby Gletscher) is a major glacier in northern Greenland. This glacier was first mapped in 1917 during Knud Rasmussen's 1916–1918 Second Thule Expedition to north Greenland and was named after Danish ethnologist Ha ...

* Steenstrup Glacier * Storstrømmen Glacier *

Store Glacier Store may refer to: Enterprises * Retail store, a shop where merchandise is sold, usually products and usually on a retail basis, and where wares are often kept ** App store, an online retail store where apps are sold, included in many mobile op ...

* Storebjørn Glacier * Sun Glacier *

Sverdrup Glacier In oceanography, the sverdrup (symbol: Sv) is a non- SI metric unit of volumetric flow rate, with equal to . It is equivalent to the SI derived unit cubic hectometer per second (symbol: hm3/s or hm3⋅s−1): 1 Sv is equal to 1 hm3/s. It is use ...

Thomas Glacier Thomas Glacier () is a roughly Z-shaped glacier which drains the southeast slopes of Vinson Massif and flows for 17 nautical miles (31 km) through the south part of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, leaving the range between Doyr ...

* Tingmjarmiut * Tjalfe Glacier (SE Greenland) * Tjalfe Glacier * Tjasse Glacier * Tracy Glacier * Upernavik Isstrøm * Umiamako Glacier * Verhoeff Glacier *

Vibeke Glacier Vibeke is a Scandinavian female given name, and may refer to: *Vibeke Falk (1918–2011), Norwegian actress. *Hanne-Vibeke Holst (born 1959), Danish author *Vibeke Hammer Madsen (born 1955), Norwegian businessperson *Vibeke Hastrup (born 1958), Da ...

* Waltershausen Glacier * Wordie Glacier * Ydun Glacier * Ygdrasil * Ymer Glacier * Zachariæ Isstrøm

Firns

Daniel Bruun Firn Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength ...

* Dreyer Firn * Rink Firn * Sven Hedin Firn''Sven Hedin Firn'',

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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 ...

Glaciers 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 ...

Ice sheets and caps

Other glaciers

Firns

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