Garm (glacier)
| Garm | |
|---|---|
| Garm Gletscher | |
 Garm in 2018, near the top of the photo | |
  Location within Greenland | |
| Location | Greenland |
| Coordinates | 63°5′N 42°29′W / 63.083°N 42.483°W |
| Terminus | Sehested Fjord and Timmiarmiut Fjord, North Atlantic Ocean |
Garm (Danish: Garm Gletscher[1]) 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
[edit]Garm is located on the eastern side of the Greenland ice sheet.[2][3]
In its last stretch the Garm glacier flows eastward and splits into two branches, one continuing eastwards into the head of the Sikuijuitsoq, a branch of the Sehested Fjord (Uummannap Kangertiva) and the other bending southwards with its terminus in the Ernineq Fjord at the northern end of the Timmiarmiut Fjord system.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Den grønlandske Lods - Geodatastyrelsen Archived 2020-10-28 at the Wayback Machine p. 34
- ^ GoogleEarth
- ^ Garm, Østgrønland, Greenland
- ^ "Garm". Mapcarta. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
External links
[edit]- Climate-related glacier fluctuations in southeast Greenland, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Department of Marine Geology and Glaciology, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Geoview - Garm
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