Jakobshavn Glacier
Jakobshavn Glacier, also known as Ilulissat Glacier, is a large outlet glacier in West Greenland. It is located near the Greenlandic town of Ilulissat and ends at the sea in the Ilulissat Icefjord.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 283 metres
- Description: glacier in Greenland
- Also known as: “Jakobshavn Bræ”, “Jakobshavn Isbrae”, “Jakobshavn Isbræ”, and “Sermeq Kujatdleq”
Jakobshavn Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: Avannaata, Greenland, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Jakobshavn Glacier” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Sermeq Kujalleq”
- Catalan: “Sermeq Kujalleq”
- Cebuano: “Jakobshavn Isbræ”
- Chinese: “雅各布港冰川”
- Chinese: “雅各布港冰河”
- Croatian: “Ledenjak Jakobshavn”
- Danish: “Jakobshavn Isbræ”
- Dutch: “Jakobshavn Isbræ”
- French: “Jakobshavn Isbræ”
- Galician: “Sermeq Kujalleq”
- German: “Jakobshavn Isbræ”
- Hungarian: “Jakobshavn-gleccser”
- Italian: “Sermeq Kujalleq”
- Japanese: “ヤコブスハブン氷河”
- Latvian: “Jakobshavnas šļūdonis”
- Livvi: “Sermeq Kujalleq”
- Northern Sami: “Sermeq Kujalleq”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sermeq Kujalleq”
- Portuguese: “Jakobshavn Isbræ”
- Russian: “Якобсхавн”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ledenjak Jakobshavn”
- Swedish: “Jakobshavn Isbræ”
- Turkish: “Jakobshavn Buzulu”
- Ukrainian: “Якобсгавн (льодовик)”
- Ukrainian: “Якобсгавн”
- Welsh: “Sermeq Kujalleq”
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