Bredebrae Bredebræ | |
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![]() Bredebrae east of Queen Louise Land. | |
Location | Greenland |
Coordinates | 76°36′N 22°50′W / 76.600°N 22.833°W |
Width | 27 km |
Terminus | Borg Fjord North Atlantic Ocean |
Bredebrae (Danish: Bredebræ; "Broad Glacier"), sometimes also known as "Brede Glacier",[1] is a large glacier in northeastern Greenland. It has its terminus on the east coast of the Greenland ice sheet.[2]
The mighty Bredebrae is the front[3] or the confluence of two very large glaciers, the Storstrommen flowing from the north and the L. Bistrup Brae from the south.[4]
Bredebrae is a broad glacier producing masses of large icebergs with its terminus to the north and west of Lindhard Island at the head of Borg Fjord, west of Dove Bay, Greenland Sea. A huge amount of ice constantly drifts out of the fjord from the glacier, completely clogging the entrance of the fjord with multitude of irregularly-shaped icebergs.[5]
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