Kjer Glacier

Kjer Glacier is a tidewater glacier in the northwestern shore of Greenland. Administratively it belongs to Avannaata municipality.

Kjer Glacier
Kjærs Bræ
Location within Greenland
Location	Melville Bay, Greenland
Coordinates	75°3′N 57°35′W
Terminus	Melville Bay

Geography

It drains the Greenland ice sheet (Greenlandic: Sermersuaq) southwestwards into Melville Bay^[1] south of the Steenstrup Glacier and north of the Hayes Glacier.^[2] The glacier front is located to the northwest of the Tuttulikassak nunatak, with the glacier constituting the northern end of Upernavik Archipelago.^[1]

Map of Northwestern Greenland

Administrative border

Before the administrative changes on 1 January 2009 in the country, the border between the former Upernavik Municipality and the former Qaanaaq Municipality ran through Kjer Glacier.^[1] After that date both municipalities and the entire coast of Melville Bay were made part of Qaasuitsup municipality.^[3] Since 1 January 2018 it is part of Avannaata municipality.

See also

• List of glaciers in Greenland