Giesecke Glacier

Giesecke Glacier lies in northwestern Greenland in Avannaata municipality, carrying ice westward from the Greenland ice sheet into Kangerlussuaq Icefjord. Its most distinctive feature is that a nunatak divides the glacier’s outflow, forming two separate tongues as the ice nears the fjord. The northern tongue, called Qeqertarsuup Sermia in Greenlandic, reaches the fjord near 73°35′N 55°36′W, while the southern tongue, Kakiffait Sermiat, reaches it near 73°30′N 55°28′W. Ice flowing around exposed rock and entering the fjord through two fronts gives the glacier its characteristic split form.

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