K.J.V. Steenstrup Glacier is one of the major glaciers in King Christian IX Land, by the eastern coast of Greenland, Sermersooq municipality. This ice formation includes two nearly parallel glaciers, the Northern K.J.V. Steenstrup Glacier () and the Southern K.J.V. Steenstrup Glacier (). These glaciers were named after Danish geologist and explorer of Greenland K. J. V. Steenstrup (1842 - 1913).
Geography The K.J.V. Steenstrup Glaciers originate in a mountainous glaciated area east of Schweizerland. They flow from the NW in a roughly southeastern direction.
The two glaciers have their terminus on the east coast of the Greenland ice sheet, in the Denmark Strait roughly 8 km west of Tasiilap Karra (Cape Gustav Holm). The northern side of the terminus of the Northern K.J.V. Steenstrup Glacier is by the mouth of the Ikersuaq (Ikertivaq) fjord.GoogleEarth Their faces form impressive walls of ice between 60 and 90 m high.Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 108
See also List of glaciers in Greenland
References
External links Photo of View Down KJV Steenstrup Norde Brae Glacier Department of Geodesy, DTU Space - GNET GPS Station KJV Steenstrup Nordre Bræ Kjv Steenstrups Sondre Brae Map