Kronborg Glacier
| Kronborg Glacier | |
|---|---|
| Kronborg Gletscher | |
Valley glacier | |
| Location | Greenland |
| Coordinates | 68°45′N 28°37′W / 68.750°N 28.617°W |
| Terminus | Ravn Fjord Denmark Strait |
Kronborg Glacier (Danish: Kronborg Gletscher) is a glacier on the east coast of the Greenland ice sheet.[1] It is named after Kronborg Castle in Denmark. Administratively this glacier is part of the Sermersooq Municipality.[2] The area surrounding the Kronborg Glacier is remote and uninhabited.
History
In 1962, a
US Navy recovered all the crew remains and memorialized the deceased at the crash site.[3]
Geography
The Kronborg Glacier is a non-surge type
valley glacier that does not drain the Greenland ice sheet 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 and the Lilloise Range in the west from the Wiedemann Range in the east, [1] until its terminus at the head of the Ravn Fjord in the East Greenland coast.[4]
A fast-flowing glacier, it is similar in structure to the neighbouring Christian IV Glacier. The Rosenborg Glacier is a smaller glacier flowing between both.[5]
Defense Mapping Agency map of Greenland sheet showing the Kronborg Glacier. |
See also
Further reading
- Spencer Apollonio, Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland, 2008
References
- ^ a b "Kronborg Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
- ^ Google Earth
- ^ The fifty-year saga of the aircraft LA-9
- ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 110
- ^ Brooks, C.K. Geomorphological Observations at Kangerdlugssuaq, East Greenland, Greenland Geoscience, Vol 1, 1979 p. 16
External links
Media related to Kronborg Glacier at Wikimedia Commons- VP-5 Memorial Current Recovery Attempt
- Forbidden Coast - Aurora Arktika
 | This Greenland location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |