Fimbul Glacier (), is a

glacier A glacier (; or ) is a persistent body of dense ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires ...

in eastern

Greenland Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenlan ...

. This glacier was named after an

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word for "giant" or "mighty".Wiktionary, fimbul-
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Geography

The Fimbul Glacier originates in western

Odinland Odinland (), also ''Odinsland'' in the Defense Mapping Agency Greenland Navigation charts, is a peninsula in the King Frederick VI Coast, southeastern Greenland. It is a part of the Sermersooq Municipalities of Greenland, municipality. The penins ...

, a

glaciated A glacier (; or ) is a persistent body of dense ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires d ...

peninsula. It flows southward from the area of the Ensomme Skraent ('Lonely Slope'), and joins the

Sleipner Glacier Sleipner Glacier (), is a glacier in eastern Greenland. This glacier was named after Sleipner, Odin's mythical eight-legged flying horse. Geography The Sleipner Glacier originates in central Odinland, a heavily glaciated peninsula. It flows ...

from its left side just north of its terminus in the

Bernstorff Fjord Bernstorff Fjord (; ) is a fjord in King Frederick VI Coast, eastern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Sermersooq municipality. The fjord was named after Danish statesman Andreas Peter Bernstorff. This fjord is almost always blocked ...

(Kangertittivaq) and west of the Brages Range.

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Alfheimbjerg Alfheimbjerg (meaning "Alfheim Mountain" in Danish) is a mountain in the King Frederick VI Coast, Sermersooq, southeastern Greenland. It is named after Álfheimr, the abode of the elves in Norse mythology. Geography This mountain is a nunatak ...

is a mountain further south, rising between the western side of the Fimbul Glacier terminus and the terminus of the

Bernstorff Glacier Bernstorff Glacier (, also referred to as ''A.P. Bernstorf Gletscher''), is a glacier in the King Frederick VI Coast, Sermersooq, southeastern Greenland. Like the fjord, this glacier was named after Danish statesman Andreas Peter Bernstorff. Geo ...

.Alfheimbjerg - Mapcarta
/ref> Together the Sleipner and Fimbul glaciers produce massive amounts of ice that blocks the fjord.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 102

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Southeast Greenland glaciers to warm Atlantic Water from Operation IceBridge and Ocean Melting Greenland data - ResearchGate Not so green - Odin Land
Glaciers of Greenland Odinland {{Greenland-glacier-stub

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