Spalte Glacier

Spalte Glacier was a large floating glacier in Crown Prince Christian Land in northeastern Greenland and the northern offshoot of Nioghalvfjerdsbrae. It split around Hovgaard Island, while the main body of Nioghalvfjerdsbrae continued east into Nioghalvfjerd Fjord and the smaller branch flowed north into Dijmphna Sound. The glacier became notable for its abrupt disappearance. In July 2020, satellite images showed that it had broken up completely and disintegrated. About 125 square kilometres of ice detached, creating a new calving front along the side of Nioghalvfjerdsbrae's main flow. It is now remembered as a vanished branch in the changing ice landscape of northeastern Greenland.

Greenland