Midgard Glacier
| Midgard Glacier | |
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View of the Midgard Glacier. | |
Location within Greenland | |
| Location | Greenland |
| Coordinates | 66°23′N 36°53′W / 66.383°N 36.883°W |
| Terminus | Ningerti Sermilik, North Atlantic Ocean |
Midgard Glacier (Danish: Midgårdsgletscher) is a glacier in the Sermersooq municipality, Eastern Greenland.[1]
This glacier is named after Midgard, one of the Nine Worlds in Norse mythology.
Geography
The Midgard Glacier is located on the eastern side of the Greenland ice sheet, at the southern limit of Schweizerland. It flows from the Femstjernen in the NE, just east of the Fenris Glacier. Its terminus is in the Ningerti, one of the northernmost branches of Sermilik (Egede og Rothes Fjord), a large fjord system where there are a number of other glaciers discharging such as the Helheim Glacier.[2]
In 2019, it was revealed by NASA that the Midgard glacier has retreated approximately 16 kilometers since 1972 according to images from the Landsat program.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Midgårdsgletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ^ "Sermilik". Mapcarta. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ^ Ramsayer, Kate. "Landsat Illustrates Five Decades of Change to Greenland Glaciers". Retrieved 3 Apr 2025.
External links
- Glaciers Not On Simple, Upward Trend Of Melting sciencedaily.com, Feb. 21, 2007 "Two of Greenland's largest glaciers (Kangerdlugssuaq and Helheim) shrank dramatically ... between 2004 and 2005. And then, less than two years later, they returned to near their previous rates of discharge.