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Jakobshavn Glacier

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Jakobshavn Glacier
Jakobshavn Glacier
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Greenlandic: Sermeq Kujalleq, also known as Ilulissat Glacier or Jakobshavn Glacier, and the Danish: Jakobshavn Isbræ, 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. Jakobshavn Glacier drains 6.5% of the Greenland ice sheet and produces around 10% of all Greenland icebergs. Some 35 billion tonnes of icebergs calve off and pass out of the fjord every year. Icebergs breaking from the glacier are often so large that they are too tall to float down the fjord and lie stuck on the bottom of its shallower areas, sometimes for years, until they are broken up by the force of the glacier and icebergs further up the fjord. Studied for over 250 years, the Jakobshavn Glacier has helped develop modern understanding of climate change and icecap glaciology.Ilulissat Icefjord was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004.
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