Fimbul Glacier

Fimbul Glacier
Fimbulgletscher
Odinland NASA picture section with the Fimbul Glacier on the left
Location within Greenland
Type	Piedmont glacier
Location	Odinland, Greenland
Coordinates	63°56′N 41°31′W / 63.933°N 41.517°W / 63.933; -41.517
Length	50 km (31 mi)
Width	4 km (2.5 mi)
Terminus	Bernstorff Fjord (Kangertittivaq)

Fimbul Glacier (Danish: Fimbulgletscher), is a glacier in eastern Greenland.^[1]

This glacier was named after an Old Norse word for "giant" or "mighty".^[2]

The Fimbul Glacier originates in western Odinland, a glaciated peninsula. It flows southward from the area of the Ensomme Skraent ('Lonely Slope'), and joins the Sleipner Glacier from its left side just north of its terminus in the Bernstorff Fjord (Kangertittivaq) and west of the Brages Range.^[3] Alfheimbjerg is a mountain further south, rising between the western side of the Fimbul Glacier terminus and the terminus of the Bernstorff Glacier .^[4] Together the Sleipner and Fimbul glaciers produce massive amounts of ice that blocks the fjord.^[5]

• Climate-related glacier fluctuations in southeast Greenland^{[permanent dead link‍]}

• List of glaciers in Greenland

• Southeast Greenland glaciers to warm Atlantic Water from Operation IceBridge and Ocean Melting Greenland data - ResearchGate
• Not so green - Odin Land

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