Nunatakassaup Sermia (Tasiusaq Bay)
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Nunatakassaup Sermia is a tidewater glacier
in the Qaasuitsup
municipality on the northwestern shore of Greenland
. It drains the Greenland ice sheet
southwestwards into Tasiusaq Bay
. The glacier front is located to the southeast of the Nunatarsuaq
nunatak
, and to the north of the Qassersuaq Peninsula
. Alanngorsuup Sermia
, a sibling glacier to the south, drains the icesheet into the same point at the inner end of Tasiusaq Bay.
Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
in the Qaasuitsup
Qaasuitsup
Qaasuitsup is a new municipality in Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009. As of January 2010 its population is 17,749. The administrative center of the municipality is in Ilulissat...
municipality on the northwestern shore of Greenland
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
. It drains the Greenland ice sheet
Greenland ice sheet
The Greenland ice sheet is a vast body of ice covering , roughly 80% of the surface of Greenland. It is the second largest ice body in the world, after the Antarctic Ice Sheet. The ice sheet is almost long in a north-south direction, and its greatest width is at a latitude of 77°N, near its...
southwestwards into Tasiusaq Bay
Tasiusaq Bay
Tasiusaq Bay is a bay in the Upernavik Archipelago in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is an indentiation of northeastern Baffin Bay...
. The glacier front is located to the southeast of the Nunatarsuaq
Nunatarsuaq (Tasiusaq Bay)
Nunatarsuaq is a nunatak in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.- Geography :Nunatarsuaq is one of several nunataks in the Upernavik Archipelago, and one of the few named nunataks in Tasiusaq Bay. To the north, it is bounded by Qaaneq fjord, the innermost waterway of...
nunatak
Nunatak
A nunatak is an exposed, often rocky element of a ridge, mountain, or peak not covered with ice or snow within an ice field or glacier. The term is typically used in areas where a permanent ice sheet is present...
, and to the north of the Qassersuaq Peninsula
Qassersuaq Peninsula
Qassersuaq Peninsula is a mainland peninsula in northwestern Greenland, located in the south-central part of Upernavik Archipelago- Geography :...
. Alanngorsuup Sermia
Alanngorsuup Sermia
Alanngorsuup Sermia is a tidewater glacier in the Qaasuitsup municipality on the northwestern shore of Greenland. It drains the Greenland ice sheet northwestwards into Tasiusaq Bay. The glacier front is located to the south of the Nunatarsuaq nunatak, and to the north of the Qassersuaq Peninsula...
, a sibling glacier to the south, drains the icesheet into the same point at the inner end of Tasiusaq Bay.