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Volume 9, issue 6
Volume 9, issue 6
The Cryosphere, 9, 2215–2218, 2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-2215-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
The Cryosphere, 9, 2215–2218, 2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-2215-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Volume 9, issue 6

Brief communication 01 Dec 2015

Brief communication | 01 Dec 2015

Brief communication: Getting Greenland's glaciers right – a new data set of all official Greenlandic glacier names

A. A. Bjørk1, L. M. Kruse2, and P. B. Michaelsen3 A. A. Bjørk et al.
  • 1Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 2Oqaasileriffik – The Greenland Language Secretariat, Ministry of Culture, Education, Research and Church, Nuuk, Greenland
  • 3Danish Geodata Agency, Danish Ministry of the Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
Received: 11 Feb 2015 – Discussion started: 12 Mar 2015 – Revised: 28 Aug 2015 – Accepted: 03 Nov 2015 – Published: 01 Dec 2015

Abstract. Place names in Greenland can be difficult to get right, as they are a mix of Greenlandic, Danish, and other foreign languages. In addition, orthographies have changed over time. With this new data set, we give the researcher working with Greenlandic glaciers the proper tool to find the correct name for glaciers and ice caps in Greenland and to locate glaciers described in the historic literature with the old Greenlandic orthography. The data set contains information on the names of 733 glaciers, 285 originating from the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) and 448 from local glaciers and ice caps (LGICs).

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How to cite: Bjørk, A. A., Kruse, L. M., and Michaelsen, P. B.: Brief communication: Getting Greenland's glaciers right – a new data set of all official Greenlandic glacier names, The Cryosphere, 9, 2215–2218, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-2215-2015, 2015.
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During the last centuries hundreds of glaciers in Greenland have been mapped and named. Here we present the official database of all Greenlandic glacier names - consisting of 733 glacier names that have been approved by the Greenlandic authorities. This data set will help researchers working with Greenlandic glaciers in naming the glaciers properly in order to avoid future misunderstandings and will help the researcher who is looking for older glacier names found in the historic literature.
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