Christian IV Glacier

Christian IV Glacier is a large, non-surge-type valley glacier on Greenland’s remote east coast in the uninhabited Sermersooq Municipality. Named for King Christian IV of Denmark, it is among the longest glaciers in Greenland and is notable for both its scale and its speed of flow. Instead of draining directly from the Greenland ice sheet, it receives ice partly through the mountainous Gronau Nunataks by way of the Gronau Glacier and the Grønlands Styrelse Glacier tributaries. Farther south, it runs roughly north to south between the Lindbergh Range and the Watkins Range, ending at the head of Nansen Fjord and forming part of a striking eastern Greenland glacial landscape.

Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq · Greenland