Nioghalvfjerdsbræ, also known as the 79 N Glacier, is a large outlet glacier in King Frederick VIII Land in northeastern Greenland. It drains an area of about 103,314 square kilometers of the Greenland Ice Sheet, moving roughly 14.3 cubic kilometers of ice into the sea each year as measured in 1996. The glacier has two calving fronts where it meets the ocean, separated by Hovgaard Island. In July 2020 its northern offshoot, the Spalte Glacier, broke away and completely disintegrated. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Protected StatusNational Park or Reserve 1 Connections
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Glaciation via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Glaciology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
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1. UNEP-WCMC and IUCN: Protected areas at the coordinates of Nioghalvfjerdsbræ, World Database on Protected Areas
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"name_eng": "Nationalparken i Nord- og Østg", "desig_eng": "National Park"
Nioghalvfjerdsbræ (Wikipedia)
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Nioghalvfjerdsbræ (79°00′N 025°00′W), sometimes referred to as "79 N Glacier", is a large glacier located in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland.
Wikidata: Nioghalvfjerdsbræ
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