| Nioghalvfjerdsbrae | |
|---|---|
 Velocity flow over the Nioghalvfjerdsbrae. | |
  Location within Greenland | |
| Location | Greenland |
| Coordinates | 79°0′N 25°0′W / 79.000°N 25.000°W |
| Area | 103,314 km2 (39,890 sq mi) |
| Length | 89 km |
| Width | 20 km |
| Terminus | Nioghalvfjerd Fjord, Greenland Sea |
Nioghalvfjerdsbrae (79°00′N 025°00′W / 79.000°N 25.000°W), sometimes referred to as "79 N Glacier", is a large glacier located in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland. It drains an area of 103,314 km2 (39,890 sq mi) of the Greenland Ice Sheet with a flux (quantity of ice moved from the land to the sea) of 14.3 km3 (3.4 cu mi) per year, as measured for 1996.[1] The glacier has two calving fronts where the glacier meets the ocean, separated by Hovgaard Island.[2] In July 2020, the northern offshoot, the Spalte Glacier broke away from Nioghalvfjerdsbrae and completely disintegrated.[3]
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- ^ Wilson N. J. (2015). "Water exchange between the continental shelf and the cavity beneath Nioghalvfjerdsbrae (79 North Glacier)". Geophysical Research Letters. 42 (18): 7648–7654. doi:10.1002/2015GL064944. hdl:1912/7641.
- ^ Agency, European Space (2020-09-16). "Spalte Glacier Has Disintegrated: A Segment of the Largest Arctic Ice Shelf Shattered Into a Flotilla of Small Icebergs". SciTechDaily. Retrieved 2020-09-18.