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Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« on: May 04, 2013, 10:31:03 AM »
New Preliminary Map:

Ellesmere Island facing Nares Strait

https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zbdKKg4fRHYo.kugA5VIgp5ec

 




Petermann Fjord and Kane Bassin area: Last updated May 23 2013

https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zbdKKg4fRHYo.kjkUmepfXc9A

Preliminary Map North East Greenland:

https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zQI-7iuSG_uo.kqqe8ZuZkhIc

Most place names are derived from GEUS sources. (Copenhagen)
« Last Edit: May 23, 2013, 09:48:23 AM by Espen »
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Re: Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2013, 12:17:59 PM »
Petermann Fjord and Kane Bassin area:

https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zbdKKg4fRHYo.kjkUmepfXc9A

I'd love to hear the story of First One To The Left.

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Re: Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2013, 09:26:44 PM »
Petermann Fjord and Kane Bassin area:

https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zbdKKg4fRHYo.kjkUmepfXc9A

wow - nice work! really informative for newbies like myself. Thanks!

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Re: Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2013, 03:06:42 PM »
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Re: Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2013, 02:44:48 PM »
New Preliminary Map:

Ellesmere Island facing Nares Strait

Will be posted permanent in top of this thread.

https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zbdKKg4fRHYo.kugA5VIgp5ec
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Re: Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2013, 01:17:34 PM »
If anyone has a better (less hazy) topographic map of the bedrock than this:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Topographic_map_of_Greenland_bedrock.jpg

I'd be very glad to see it posted.

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Re: Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2013, 09:47:22 AM »
More place added to the Petermann Fjord Google Map, see top this thread.
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Re: Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« Reply #8 on: May 25, 2013, 08:47:03 PM »
The Petermann Fjord Google Map Project:

Images and commentaries will be up loaded, comments are welcome!
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Re: Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2013, 11:32:41 AM »
Petermann Fjord Map Update.

I have added loads of images to the Petermann Fjord Map, primarily the shore line of Hall Land (north eastern shore).
Most important localities from Hall´s Grave (in Nares Strait) to Kap Egedesminde (a the top of Petermann Glacier) are covered, and more will come, I recognize most of the images are from 1984, but as the skeptics tells us it hasn't changed much ;), newer images is supplied by Andreas Muenchow who visited the area in 2012.
Some unofficial names are supplied by me, like First One To The Left Glacier, The Parallel Glaciers, Sankt Peders Vej Glacier, Hellerupvej Glacier(named after some streets in Hellerup, a district in the suburb of Copenhagen, and since both glaciers are located in Hellerup Land I find both names appropriate), Between A Rock And A Hard Place Glacier.

I also like to draw your attention to the inland calving that happened in 1984 or probably earlier, it is called Inland Calvin Site on the map and it is located between the tops of Steensby Glacier and Ryder Glacier in N. P. Johansen Land. It is an impressive piece of demolition work, to say it at least.

Please come and explore at:
https://mapsengine.google.com/map/u/0/edit?pli=1&mid=zbdKKg4fRHYo.kjkUmepfXc9A
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Re: Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2013, 01:33:45 PM »
New updated map from Scoresby Sund (south) to Independence Fjord (north)

July 6 2013: More place names added.

https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zQI-7iuSG_uo.kqqe8ZuZkhIc
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Re: Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« Reply #11 on: August 04, 2013, 10:28:52 AM »
There was some discussion recently on the ASIB (I have no account there) about a geological map of Greenland showing the wikipedia map but I think there is some more precise map available because it seems Robert  Bindschadler has got one, see after 51 minutes 43 seconds.
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If you want to compare with wikipedia :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Topographic_map_of_Greenland_bedrock.jpg
At least Peterman and Jakobshawn seems to have access to the inland sea !
That does change things quite a bit because what will happened when a big part of that inland will melt the first layers of the ice. The ice (2miles thick) wil collapse !!!

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Re: Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« Reply #12 on: August 14, 2013, 05:47:34 AM »
Thanks Laurent (and all) After reading your post I was searching online for a more detailed map of the interior bedrock when I stumbled upon this: http://phys.org/news/2013-08-earth-mantle-contributes-greenland-ice.html
(apologies if the info has already been posted)
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The Greenland ice sheet is melting from below, caused by a high heat flow from the mantle into the lithosphere. This influence is very variable spatially and has its origin in an exceptionally thin lithosphere. Consequently, there is an increased heat flow from the mantle and a complex interplay between this geothermal heating and the Greenland ice sheet. The international research initiative IceGeoHeat led by the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences establishes in the current online issue of Nature Geoscience (Vol 6, August 11, 2013) that this effect cannot be neglected when modeling the ice sheet as part of a climate study.

   All I can see from the Nature Article:
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Climate change is affecting the cryosphere from above. Geothermal heat flux from below is also contributing to conditions at the base of Greenland's ice sheet, which sits atop a lithosphere of variable thickness.
http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ngeo1919.html

Is it possible that the Greenland ice sheet could be even more vulnerable, than the already more vulnerable than previously thought, analysis?   Yikes! 

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Re: Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« Reply #13 on: August 14, 2013, 09:02:36 AM »
I am just thinking reading your link that if the lakes drain down to the bottom they not only bring energy and lubricate but also the water conduct the energy from the earth more easily to the ice !

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« Reply #14 on: August 14, 2013, 10:22:05 PM »
I am just thinking reading your link that if the lakes drain down to the bottom they not only bring energy and lubricate but also the water conduct the energy from the earth more easily to the ice !

Yes. We may only hope that it somehow accounts for some of the water that has been recently measured deep in the ice, and so... that one indication of the rate of change may (I hope) be less than what has been projected.  There is still increasing-loss. Those measurements (of increasing loss) are still the same of course.  It is probably a good idea for me not to jump to any conclusions but yes it would seem to indicate the potential for more basal lubrication.  It would seem to indicate that the potential for rapid deglaciation is again more likely than previously thought possible.  I hope it's just by some small amount and most of the area remains unaffected. 

As others have noted... exciting times.   

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Re: Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« Reply #15 on: July 23, 2014, 06:07:07 PM »
This map shows a whole lot of glacier names. They are not text-searchable even in the original, even though the text is missing when the underlying image is extracted. The map is adapted from one that appears in 2012 (doi:10.1029/2012GL051634) "Ice flow in Greenland for the International Polar Year 2008–2009" by E. Rignot and J. Mouginot.

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Re: Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« Reply #16 on: July 23, 2014, 06:22:00 PM »
The blog software took it upon itself to add its own jpg compression to the above image, making the text illegible. I am posting again, this time as .png. If that does not work, try hitting the magnifying glass (lower right) twice at:
http://s1340.photobucket.com/user/OlTom67/media/glacierNames3_zps590a68da.jpg.html

Below is another couple of efforts at getting the map to to display properly, added on 14 Apr 16: the second image is stored on the forum host.
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Re: Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« Reply #17 on: July 24, 2014, 12:29:39 AM »
No need to post that map. I know all of those glaciers by heart.  ;D

Would be a cool test, eh?
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Re: Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« Reply #18 on: August 04, 2014, 10:43:29 AM »
Lol! Reminds me of a similar test, of all Capitals in the world, but of course this Glacier test is Way much COOLER, literally  ;D.
My fancy for ice & glaciers started in 1995:-).

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Re: Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« Reply #19 on: October 16, 2014, 06:33:32 AM »
Now that's a cool map, A-Team ! :D
I guessed there'd be at least some 30 glaciers having names but ok...

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Re: Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« Reply #20 on: November 01, 2014, 10:01:58 PM »
Here are those 186 Greenland place names as searchable text. That can done from the full scale journal graphic (http://www.readcube.com/articles/10.1029/2012GL051634) via optical character reading (http://www.sandwichpdf.com/) of the pdf.

The first column gives the location of the west side features in north to south blocks, and below them the east side landmarks.

The second column reveals a problem: lots of competing options for spellings.  These come from different languages -- West Greenlandic (Kalaallisut), Thule (Inuktun), East Greenlandic (Tunumiisut), Danish, Icelandic, Swiss, French and English.

Nordic letters such as ø, ö, æ have been anglicized here to the nearest equivalent which can cause text searching to fail.

West Greenlandic being the official language, local place names are gradually displacing Danish under the direction of Oqaasileriffik, the Greenland Language Secretariat. Yet neither Kalaallisut nor Danish is used consistently on this blog, English language press accounts, internet maps, nor indeed in the scientific literature.

The same can be said for glacier (gletscher, sermia, sermiat, sermeq, sermilik), bay (bugt), icestream (isbræ), stream (bræ), island (ø). These can be erratically fused into single words such as Dendritgletscher or Soranerbraeen resulting in more empty text searches. I'll let Espen have the final word in providing a basic glossary -- we don't need tripled up text like Sermia Dendritgletscher Glacier.

The bottom two columns alphabetize all the place names, so look there if text searching does not find a desired place name.

A nice compilation of historic place names in the Disko Bugt area by the Geological Survey of Denmark can be found at http://www.geus.dk/publications/bull/nr14/nr14_p01-13_A1b.pdf. Here are a few key names from that:

Salliarutsip Sermia (Ingia Isbræ)
Kangilliup Sermia (Rink Isbræ)
Sermeq Avannarleq (Lille Gletscher)
Sermeq Kujalleq (Jakobshavn Isbræ)
Akuliarutsip Sermersua (Nordenskiöld Gletscher)

As an application of the table (see graphic), I needed the name of a glacier below Jakobshavn Isbrae whose upper melt lake zone contained a bottom freezeup feature. It turned out to be Nordenskiöld (Akuliarutsip Sermersua). That spelling, rather than Nordenskiold, worked better for finding research articles on this particular glacier. Note other glaciers with this same name are found in East Greenland, Spitzbergen and Svalbard!

01 west  Naravana Fjord
02 west  Jungersen Glacier
03 west  Brikkerne Glacier
04 west  Harder Glacier

05 west  Ostenfeld Glacier
06 west  Ryder Glacier
07 west  Steensby Glacier
08 west  Newman Bugt
09 west  Petermann Glacier
10 west  Humboldt Glacier
11 west  Heilprin Glacier
12 west  Tracy Glacier
13 west  Farquhar Glacier
14 west  Melville Glacier
15 west  Sharp Glacier
16 west  Hart Glacier
17 west  Hubbard Glacier
18 west  Morris Jesup Glacier

19 west  Dodge Glacier
20 west  Storm Glacier
21 west  Diebitsch Glacier
22 west  Verhoeff Glacier
23 west  Bowdoin Glacier
24 west  Leidy Glacier
25 west  Marie Glacier
26 west  Berlingske Glacier
27 west  Sermiarsupaluk Glacier
28 west  Chamberlin Glacier
29 west  Knud Rasmussen Glacier
30 west  Harald Moltke Brae
31 west  Savissuaq Glacier

32 west  Helland Glacier
33 west  Yngvar Nielsen Glacier
34 west  Mohn Glacier
35 west  Carlos Glacier
36 west  Gade Glacier
37 west  Morell Glacier
38 west  Docker Smith Glacier
39 west  Rink Glacier
40 west  Issuusarsuit Sermia
41 west  Kong Oscar Glacier
42 west  Nordenskiold Glacier
43 west  Nansen Glacier
44 west  Sverdrup Glacier
45 west  Dietrichson Glacier
46 west  Steenstrup Glacier
47 west  Kjer Glacier
48 west  Hayes Glacier
49 west  Alison Glacier
50 west  Illullip Sermia
51 west  Cornell Glacier
52 west  Ussing Braeer
53 west  Qeqertarsuup Sermia
54 west  Kakivfaat Sermiat
55 west  Nunatakassaap Sermia
56 west  Upernavik Isstrom
57 west  Inngia Isbrae
58 west  Umiammakku Isbrae
59 west  Rink Isbrae
60 west  Kangerlussuup Semersua
61 west  Kangerluarsuup Sermia
62 west  Sermeq Silarleq
63 west  Kangilleq
64 west  Sermilik
65 west  Lille Glacier
66 west  Store Glacier
67 west  Sermeq Avannarleq
68 west  Sermeq Kujalleq
69 west  Kangilerngata Sermia
70 west  Eqip Sermia
71 west  Sermeq Avannarleq
72 west  Jakobshavn Isbrae
73 west  Alangorliup Sermia
74 west  Saqqarliup Sermia
75 west  Nordenskiold Glacier
76 west  Usulluup Sermia
77 west  Inuppaat Quuat
78 west  Isunnguata Sermia
79 west  Russell Glacier

80 west  Sukkertoppen Iskappe
81 west  Marjorqaq
82 west  Saqqap Sermersua
83 west  Kangilinnguata Sermia
84 west  Narsap Sermia
85 west  Qamanaarsuup Sermia
86 west  Akullersuup Sermia
87 west  Kangiata Nunaata Sermia
88 west  Kangaasarsuup Sermia
89 west  Sermeq
90 west  Nakkaasorsuaq
91 west  Frederikshab Isblink
92 west  Avannarleq Brae
93 west  Nigerlikasik
94 west  Ukaasorsuaq
95 west  Sermiligaarssuk Brae
96 west  Sioralik Brae
97 west  Eqalorutsit Killiit Sermia
98 west  Arsuk Brae
99 west  Qajuuttap Sermia
00 west  Sermilik Brae

01 east  Henson Glacier
02 east  Marie Sophie Glacier
03 east  Academy Glacier
04 east  Hagen Brae

05 east  Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden
06 east  Zachariae Isstrom
07 east  Storstrommen
08 east  Kofoed-Hansen Brae

09 east  Bistrup Brae
10 east  Soranerbraeen
11 east  Einar Mikkelsen Glacier
12 east  Heinkel Glacier
13 east  Tvege Glacier
14 east  Pasterze Glacier
15 east  Wordie Glacier
16 east  Waltershausen Glacier
17 east  Adolf Hoel Glacier
18 east  Gerard de Geer Glacier
19 east  Jaette Glacier
20 east  Nordenskiold Glacier
21 east  Hisinger Glacier
22 east  Wahlenberg Glacier
23 east  Violin Glacier
24 east  Graae Glacier
25 east  Charcot Glacier
26 east  Daugaard-Jensen Glacier
27 east  Eielson Glacier
28 east  Rolige Brae
29 east  Vestfjord Glacier
30 east  Kista Dan
31 east  Syd Brae
32 east  Brede Glacier

33 east  Torv Glacier
34 east  Steno Brae
35 east  Bartholin Brae
36 east  Geikie Plateau
37 east  Dendrit Glacier
38 east  Storbrae North
39 east  Storbrae
40 east  Watkins Bjerge
41 east  Borggraven
42 east  Kronborg Glacier
43 east  Rosenborg Glacier
44 east  Kong Christian Glacier
45 east  Styrte Glacier
46 east  Nordfjord Glacier
47 east  Sorgenfri Glacier
48 east  Frederiksborg Glacier
49 east  Courtauld Glacier
50 east  Kangerlussuaq Glacier

51 east  Polaric Glacier
52 east  Hutchinson Plateau
53 east  Deception Island
54 east  Uunartit Island
55 east  Kruuse Fjord
56 east  Laube Glacier
57 east  Steenstrup Nordre Brae
58 east  Steenstrup Sondre Brae
59 east  Sweitzerland
60 east  Glacier de France
61 east  Knud Rasmussen Glacier
62 east  Midgard Gletscner
63 east  Kaarale Glacier
64 east  Fenris Glacier
65 east  Helheim Glacier
66 east  Helm Glacier

67 east  Ikertivaq
68 east  Koge Bugt
69 east  Umiivik Fjord
70 east  Gyldenlove Fjord
71 east  Fimbul Glacier
72 east  Bernstorff Glacier
73 east  Maelkevejen
74 east  Thryrm Glacier
75 east  Skinfaxe
76 east  Rimfaxe
77 east  Guldfaxe
78 east  Heimdal Glacier
79 east  Tingmiarmiut Fjord
80 east  Mogens Heinesen Fjord
81 east  Puisortoq
82 east  Napasorsuaq Fjord
83 east  Anorituup Kangerlua
84 east  Kangerluluk
85 east  Qooqqup Sermia
86 east  Danell Fjord
03 east  Academy Glacier
17 east  Adolf Hoel Glacier
86 west  Akullersuup Sermia
73 west  Alangorliup Sermia
49 west  Alison Glacier
83 east  Anorituup Kangerlua
98 west  Arsuk Brae
92 west  Avannarleq Brae
35 east  Bartholin Brae
26 west  Berlingske Glacier
72 east  Bernstorff Glacier
09 east  Bistrup Brae
41 east  Borggraven
23 west  Bowdoin Glacier
32 east  Brede Glacier
03 west  Brikkerne Glacier
35 west  Carlos Glacier
28 west  Chamberlin Glacier
25 east  Charcot Glacier
51 west  Cornell Glacier
49 east  Courtauld Glacier
86 east  Danell Fjord
26 east  Daugaard-Jensen Glacier
53 east  Deception Island
37 east  Dendrit Glacier
21 west  Diebitsch Glacier
45 west  Dietrichson Glacier
38 west  Docker Smith Glacier
19 west  Dodge Glacier
27 east  Eielson Glacier
11 east  Einar Mikkelsen Glacier
97 west  Eqalorutsit Killiit Sermia
70 west  Eqip Sermia
24 east  Graae Glacier
13 west  Farquhar Glacier
64 east  Fenris Glacier
71 east  Fimbul Glacier
48 east  Frederiksborg Glacier
91 west  Frederikshab Isblink
36 west  Gade Glacier
36 east  Geikie Plateau
18 east  Gerard de Geer Glacier
60 east  Glacier de France
77 east  Guldfaxe
70 east  Gyldenlove Fjord
04 east  Hagen Brae
30 west  Harald Moltke Brae
04 west  Harder Glacier
16 west  Hart Glacier
48 west  Hayes Glacier
11 west  Heilprin Glacier
78 east  Heimdal Glacier
12 east  Heinkel Glacier
65 east  Helheim Glacier
32 west  Helland Glacier
66 east  Helm Glacier
01 east  Henson Glacier
21 east  Hisinger Glacier
17 west  Hubbard Glacier
10 west  Humboldt Glacier
52 east  Hutchinson Plateau
67 east  Ikertivaq
50 west  Illullip Sermia
57 west  Inngia Isbrae
77 west  Inuppaat Quuat
40 west  Issuusarsuit Sermia
78 west  Isunnguata Sermia
19 east  Jaette Glacier
72 west  Jakobshavn Isbrae
02 west  Jungersen Glacier
63 east  Kaarale Glacier
54 west  Kakivfaat Sermiat
88 west  Kangaasarsuup Sermia
61 west  Kangerluarsuup Sermia
84 east  Kangerluluk
50 east  Kangerlussuaq Glacier
60 west  Kangerlussuup Semersua
87 west  Kangiata Nunaata Sermia
69 west  Kangilerngata Sermia
83 west  Kangilinnguata Sermia
63 west  Kangilleq
30 east  Kista Dan
47 west  Kjer Glacier
29 west  Knud Rasmussen Glacier
61 east  Knud Rasmussen Glacier
08 east  Kofoed-Hansen Brae
68 east  Koge Bugt
44 east  Kong Christian Glacier
41 west  Kong Oscar Glacier
42 east  Kronborg Glacier
55 east  Kruuse Fjord
56 east  Laube Glacier
24 west  Leidy Glacier
65 west  Lille Glacier
73 east  Maelkevejen
25 west  Marie Glacier
02 east  Marie Sophie Glacier
81 west  Marjorqaq
14 west  Melville Glacier
62 east  Midgard Gletscner
80 east  Mogens Heinesen Fjord
34 west  Mohn Glacier
37 west  Morell Glacier
18 west  Morris Jesup Glacier
90 west  Nakkaasorsuaq
43 west  Nansen Glacier
82 east  Napasorsuaq Fjord
01 west  Naravana Fjord
84 west  Narsap Sermia
08 west  Newman Bugt
93 west  Nigerlikasik
05 east  Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden
42 west  Nordenskiold Glacier
75 west  Nordenskiold Glacier
20 east  Nordenskiold Glacier
46 east  Nordfjord Glacier
55 west  Nunatakassaap Sermia
05 west  Ostenfeld Glacier
14 east  Pasterze Glacier
09 west  Petermann Glacier
51 east  Polaric Glacier
81 east  Puisortoq
99 west  Qajuuttap Sermia
85 west  Qamanaarsuup Sermia
53 west  Qeqertarsuup Sermia
85 east  Qooqqup Sermia
76 east  Rimfaxe
39 west  Rink Glacier
59 west  Rink Isbrae
28 east  Rolige Brae
43 east  Rosenborg Glacier
79 west  Russell Glacier
06 west  Ryder Glacier
82 west  Saqqap Sermersua
74 west  Saqqarliup Sermia
31 west  Savissuaq Glacier
89 west  Sermeq
67 west  Sermeq Avannarleq
71 west  Sermeq Avannarleq
68 west  Sermeq Kujalleq
62 west  Sermeq Silarleq
27 west  Sermiarsupaluk Glacier
95 west  Sermiligaarssuk Brae
64 west  Sermilik
00 west  Sermilik Brae
15 west  Sharp Glacier
96 west  Sioralik Brae
75 east  Skinfaxe
10 east  Soranerbraeen
47 east  Sorgenfri Glacier
07 west  Steensby Glacier
46 west  Steenstrup Glacier
57 east  Steenstrup Nordre Brae
58 east  Steenstrup Sondre Brae
34 east  Steno Brae
39 east  Storbrae
38 east  Storbrae North
66 west  Store Glacier
20 west  Storm Glacier
07 east  Storstrommen
45 east  Styrte Glacier
80 west  Sukkertoppen Iskappe
44 west  Sverdrup Glacier
59 east  Sweitzerland
31 east  Syd Brae
74 east  Thryrm Glacier
79 east  Tingmiarmiut Fjord
33 east  Torv Glacier
12 west  Tracy Glacier
13 east  Tvege Glacier
94 west  Ukaasorsuaq
58 west  Umiammakku Isbrae
69 east  Umiivik Fjord
56 west  Upernavik Isstrom
52 west  Ussing Braeer
76 west  Usulluup Sermia
54 east  Uunartit Island
22 west  Verhoeff Glacier
29 east  Vestfjord Glacier
23 east  Violin Glacier
22 east  Wahlenberg Glacier
16 east  Waltershausen Glacier
40 east  Watkins Bjerge
15 east  Wordie Glacier
33 west  Yngvar Nielsen Glacier
06 east  Zachariae Isstrom

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Re: Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« Reply #21 on: November 12, 2015, 10:48:04 PM »
Is this happening? And how fast?
The retreat is happening, but the large chunks breaking up recently seem more like frozen sea ice than land glacier? (so if it is mostly frozen sea ice breaking up recently won't increase sea levels, although the rest of it piling in from land will)
just wondering how imminent this is. The frozen sea ice was already floating on the sea. Anyone know how much of the land ice is spilling in.
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/nov/12/collapsing-greenland-glacier-could-raise-sea-levels-by-half-a-metre-say-scientists
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Re: Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« Reply #22 on: November 13, 2015, 12:50:03 AM »
There's a thread on this in this very same category. Espen has been saying for a very long time now that this glacier hasn't been getting the attention it deserves, and provided plenty of evidence.
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Re: Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« Reply #23 on: December 01, 2015, 10:49:15 AM »
From The Cryosphere:

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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

Received: 11 Feb 2015 – Published in The Cryosphere Discuss.: 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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Re: Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« Reply #24 on: December 01, 2015, 06:55:57 PM »
From The Cryosphere:

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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

Received: 11 Feb 2015 – Published in The Cryosphere Discuss.: 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).

I will check them ;)
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Re: Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« Reply #25 on: February 10, 2016, 02:10:20 PM »
i'm sure there are quite a few happy guys up there, back in full sunshine, even though the shadows are still very loooonnnnngggg.....  8)

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Re: Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« Reply #26 on: April 26, 2019, 07:51:12 PM »
I was looking for a map with place names for the north-northwest corner of Greenland and came upon this detailed Wikipedia map.  It appears to not include places like Oodaaq/Oodaap Qeqertaa (which may not exist any more) but looks very useful.  I also found a Mapcarta map, but place names don't exactly match locations!

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Re: Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« Reply #27 on: June 15, 2019, 12:09:59 AM »
I was looking for a map with place names for the north-northwest corner of Greenland and came upon this detailed Wikipedia map.  It appears to not include places like Oodaaq/Oodaap Qeqertaa (which may not exist any more) but looks very useful.  I also found a Mapcarta map, but place names don't exactly match locations!

Does Espen have an opinion?

That Wikipedia map you are pointing to is actually a US Navy map, they are usefull to some degree but not complete.
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Re: Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« Reply #28 on: November 16, 2020, 06:48:20 AM »
The Danish/Greenlandish Card Portal NunaGIS has a digital (zoomable)  map with official names recognized by "Stednavnenævnet i Grønland" and if you zoom you really get a lot of names. More than 30 000 names.

The link is: https://asiaq.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=c5c7d9d52a264980a24911d7d33914b5
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Re: Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« Reply #29 on: November 16, 2020, 08:12:13 AM »
The Danish/Greenlandish Card Portal NunaGIS has a digital (zoomable)  map with official names recognized by "Stednavnenævnet i Grønland" and if you zoom you really get a lot of names. More than 30 000 names.

The link is: https://asiaq.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=c5c7d9d52a264980a24911d7d33914b5

Nice, but the map is missing a lot of information, glaciers for instance are either only named in Greenlandic or the historical name or many completely missing, and fast ice / ice sheet positions / glacier retreat / and rare surge positions are from the 1970ties
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Re: Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« Reply #30 on: June 02, 2022, 01:00:31 PM »
Close to the North Coast in the county of Caithness, Scotland, is a place named Greenland.

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Re: Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« Reply #31 on: August 12, 2023, 02:04:45 PM »
Hi All,

Re: the 2015 paper:

From The Cryosphere:

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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

Received: 11 Feb 2015 – Published in The Cryosphere Discuss.: 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).

I will check them ;)

Link to the original paper:
https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/9/2215/2015/tc-9-2215-2015.pdf

Link to the file downloads - includes a KML file:
https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/GreenlandGlacierNames_GGNv01/1449148

I hope this helps,

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Re: Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« Reply #32 on: August 13, 2023, 08:42:59 AM »
Thanks  :)

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Re: Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« Reply #33 on: August 14, 2023, 08:19:01 PM »
(maybe a silly question): Why is this topic "sticky" but not the much more important ones like "Greenland SMB/melting", "Nares Strait" or "What's new in Greenland?" ?
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Re: Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« Reply #34 on: August 15, 2023, 12:08:09 AM »
Good question.
Map with place names is sticky so that whenever a new glacier is updated, one can easily find its location.
What's new pops to the top when there is something new, so no need to sticky.
Greenland melting and SMB does deserve a sticky. As for Nares, it's my favorite Arctic location and I am not impartial, so would prefer to hear a couple more nays or ayes.

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Re: Google Maps with place names Greenland.
« Reply #35 on: August 15, 2023, 10:08:04 AM »
If this thread was not a sticky it might disappear to page two since it won´t be updated that often.

The other ones easily stay up because they are the hotter topics so it is not necessary to sticky them but there is room to do so in this subforum so either way would be fine.
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