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Geological Formation

Mittivakkat Glacier

Glaciers and Ice Formations

Mittivakkat Glacier is part of the largest ice field on Ammassalik Island in southeast Greenland. First surveyed in 1933, it has been in retreat, with a negative net mass balance, through most of the recorded period from 1898 to 2008, making it the most extensively studied glacier in Greenland that is not connected to the Greenland ice sheet; the University of Copenhagen and University of Graz jointly operate the nearby Sermilik Station research base. In 2005 researchers recovered reindeer remains from the glacier dated to roughly 1200 to 1300 AD. 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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Glaciation, Processes

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.

Source Wikidata: Mittivakkat Glacier

In Discipline

Glaciology, Disciplines

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Glaciology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Mittivakkat Glacier
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Found In

Greenland

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Wikidata: Mittivakkat Glacier
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Mittivakkat Glacier (Wikipedia)
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The Mittivakkat Glacier is located in southeast Greenland, and is part of the largest ice field on Ammassalik Island.
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Wikidata: Mittivakkat Glacier
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