Bernstorff Glacier
Bernstorff Gletscher
Odinland NASA picture section with the Bernstorff Glacier on the left side
Location within Greenland
Type	Piedmont glacier
Location	SE Greenland
Coordinates	63°50′N 41°43′W / 63.833°N 41.717°W / 63.833; -41.717
Length	70 km (43 mi)
Width	6 km (3.7 mi)
Terminus	Bernstorff Fjord (Kangertittivaq)

Bernstorff Glacier (Danish: Bernstorff Gletscher, also referred to as A.P. Bernstorf Gletscher), is a glacier in the King Frederick VI Coast, Sermersooq, southeastern Greenland.^[1]

Like the fjord, this glacier was named after Danish statesman Andreas Peter Bernstorff.

Geography

The Bernstorff Glacier is a fast-flowing glacier originating in the eastern side of the Greenland Ice Sheet.^[2] It flows roughly south/southeastward and is joined by a branch flowing from the north with the confluence west of Alfheimbjerg. Its terminus is in the Bernstorff Fjord (Kangertittivaq), slightly to the west of the terminus of the Fimbul Glacier and to the north of the Storebjørn Glacier.^[3] Together the Bernstorff and Fimbul glaciers produce massive amounts of ice that blocks the fjord.^[4]

Bibliography

• Climate-related glacier fluctuations in southeast Greenland^{[permanent dead link]}

See also

• List of glaciers in Greenland

References

External links

• Southeast Greenland glaciers to warm Atlantic Water from Operation IceBridge and Ocean Melting Greenland data - ResearchGate
• Figure S45. AP Bernstorff Glacier
• NASA - Small glacier emptying into the fjord of the much large Bernstorff Glacier

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