Greenland High Sea

Offshore from southeastern Greenland, cold currents carry ice along the mountainous coast. The East Greenland Current brings icebergs from glaciers and sea ice formed farther north; their movement depends on winds and the state of the ocean. Behind the floating ice, a narrow coastal belt is broken by small islands and fjords, with the inland ice sheet rising beyond. The passage between this shore and Iceland belongs to the great northern approach to the Atlantic.