| Bredebrae Bredebræ | |
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 Bredebrae east of Queen Louise Land. | |
  Location within Greenland | |
| Location | Greenland |
| Coordinates | 76°36′N 22°50′W / 76.600°N 22.833°W / 76.600; -22.833 |
| Width | 27 km |
| Terminus | Borg Fjord North Atlantic Ocean |
Bredebrae (Danish: Bredebræ; "Broad Glacier"), sometimes also known as "Brede Glacier", is a large glacier in northeastern Greenland. It has its terminus on the east coast of the Greenland ice sheet.
Geography
The mighty Bredebrae is the front or the confluence of two very large glaciers, the Storstrommen flowing from the north and the L. Bistrup Brae from the south.
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.
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See also
References
- Captain Koch's Crossing of Greenland, Bulletin of the American Geographical Society, Vol. 46, No. 5 (1914), pp. 356-360
- "Bredebræ". Mapcarta. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- Fluctuations of Glaciers 1990-1995 (Vol. VII)
- "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 126
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