Storstrommen (Greenland)

This article is about the glacier in Greenland. For the strait in Denmark, see Storstrømmen.
Storstrømmen
Location within Greenland

Location within Greenland

Type Piedmont glacier
Location Greenland
Coordinates 77°0′N 22°40′W / 77.000°N 22.667°W / 77.000; -22.667Coordinates: 77°0′N 22°40′W / 77.000°N 22.667°W / 77.000; -22.667
Area 32,100 km2
Length 125 km
Width 26 km
Terminus Borge Fjord through Bredebrae;
North Atlantic Ocean

Storstrommen (Danish: Storstrømmen; "Large Stream"), is one of the major glaciers in northeastern Greenland.[1]

It was named Storstrømmen because of its size by the ill-fated 1906–08 Denmark Expedition (Danmark-Ekspeditionen) led by Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen.[2]

Geography

The mighty Storstrommen is roughly north-south oriented and has a width of over 20 km. Queen Louise Land (Dronning Louise Land) lies to the west and Daniel Bruun Land to the east.[2]

Flowing southwards for over 125 kilometers, its front is in the Bredebrae,[3] the confluence of two very large glaciers, the Storstrommen flowing from the north and the almost equally large L. Bistrup Brae from the south.[2]

The Storstrommen is part of an extensive glacier system that includes as well the Kofoed-Hansen Glacier (Kofoed-Hansen Bræ) to the NE and the Borgjokel Glacier to the SW.[3][4][5]

Map of Northeastern Greenland.
Storstrommen east of Queen Louise Land.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Storstrømmen". Mapcarta. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland" (PDF). Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  3. 1 2 Fluctuations of Glaciers 1990-1995 (Vol. VII)
  4. ↑ Storstrømmen susceptible to rapid retreat
  5. ↑ Neoglacial glacier changes around Storstrommen, North-East Greenland
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