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Kangerlussuaq Glacier

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Kangerlussuaq Glacier is the largest glacier on the southeast coast of the Greenland ice sheet and one of its largest outlet glaciers. It was discovered in 1930.

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Kangerlussuaq Glacier (Greenlandic: Kangerlussuaq, transl. large fjord; old spelling Kangerdlugssuaq) is the largest glacier on the southeast coast of the Greenland ice sheet, and one of its largest outlet glaciers.
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