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Zachariae Isstrom
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Zachariae Isstrom (Danish: Zachariæ Isstrøm; Isstrøm being the Danish word for ice stream) is a large glacier located in King Frederick VIII Land, northeast Greenland.
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![]() 1911 map with the Zachariæ Isstrøm at the bottom | |
Type | Piedmont glacier |
Location | Greenland |
Coordinates | 78°0′N 30°0′W |
Area | 91,780 km2 (35,440 sq mi) |
Width | 26 km |
Terminus | Jokel Bay, Greenland Sea North Atlantic Ocean |
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This glacier was named by the Denmark expedition 1906–08 after Georg Hugh Robert Zachariae (1850–1937), an officer of the Danish Navy.[1]