Sleipner Glacier

Sleipner Glacier lies in eastern Greenland on the heavily glaciated peninsula of Odinland. Named for Sleipner, Odin’s mythical eight-legged horse, it reflects the Norse-themed naming of several nearby features. The glacier begins in central Odinland and flows westward, passing just west of Ensom Majestaet, the peninsula’s highest point. It then joins the left side of Fimbul Glacier just north of that glacier’s terminus in Bernstorff Fjord, also known as Kangertittivaq. Together, Sleipner and Fimbul discharge enough ice into the fjord to block the waterway, making Sleipner part of the powerful ice flow that shapes the head of Bernstorff Fjord.

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