Administratively it belongs to Avannaata municipality.

It drains the Greenland ice sheet (Greenlandic: Sermersuaq) southwestwards into Melville Bay[1] south of the Steenstrup Glacier and north of the Hayes Glacier.

[2] The glacier front is located to the northwest of the Tuttulikassak nunatak, with the glacier constituting the northern end of Upernavik Archipelago.

[1] Before the administrative changes on 1 January 2009 in the country, the border between the former Upernavik Municipality and the former Qaanaaq Municipality ran through Kjer Glacier.

[1] After that date both municipalities and the entire coast of Melville Bay were made part of Qaasuitsup municipality.