Kjer Glacier

Kjer Glacier is a tidewater glacier in the northwestern shore of Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality

Kjer Glacier
Kjærs Bræ
Location within Greenland
LocationMelville Bay, Greenland
Coordinates75°3′N 57°35′W
TerminusMelville Bay

Geography

It drains the Greenland ice sheet (Greenlandic: Sermersuaq) southwestwards into Melville Bay[1] south of the Steenstrup Glacier and north of the Hayes Glacier.[2] The glacier front is located to the northwest of the Tuttulikassak nunatak, with the glacier constituting the northern end of Upernavik Archipelago.[1]

Map of Northwestern Greenland

Administrative border

Before the administrative changes on 1 January 2009 in the country, the border between the former Upernavik Municipality and the former Qaanaaq Municipality ran through Kjer Glacier.[1] After that date both municipalities and the entire coast of Melville Bay were made part of the Qaasuitsup municipality.[3] Since 1 January 2018 it is part of the Avannaata municipality.

See also

References
  1. Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
  2. "Kjer Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  3. "Fakta om kommunen" (in Danish). Qaasuitsup Municipality. Archived from the original on 30 October 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
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