Zachariæ Isstrøm

Zachariæ Isstrøm
1911 map with the Zachariæ Isstrøm at the bottom
Location within Greenland
TypePiedmont glacier
LocationGreenland
Coordinates78°55′N 21°10′W / 78.917°N 21.167°W / 78.917; -21.167
Area91,780 km2 (35,440 sq mi)
Width26 km
TerminusJøkel Bay, Greenland Sea
North Atlantic Ocean

Zachariæ Isstrøm (Isstrøm meaning ice stream in Danish) is a large glacier located in King Frederick VIII Land, northeast Greenland.

This glacier was named by the Denmark expedition 1906–08 after Georg Hugh Robert Zachariæ (1850–1937), an officer of the Danish Navy.

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