Hurlbut Glacier (Danish: Hurlbut Gletscher) is a glacier in northwestern Greenland.[2] Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.

Hurlbut Glacier
Hurlbut Gletscher
Hurlbut Bræ
Map of Northwestern Greenland
Map showing the location of Hurlbut Glacier
Map showing the location of Hurlbut Glacier
Location within Greenland
TypeIce cap
LocationGreenland
Coordinates77°22′N 66°58′W / 77.367°N 66.967°W / 77.367; -66.967
Area188 km2 (73 sq mi)
Thickness400 m (1,300 ft)
TerminusInglefield Fjord
Baffin Bay
StatusRetreating[1]

This glacier was named by Robert Peary after George Hurlbut (1830 – 1908), secretary and librarian of the American Geographical Society.[3]

Geography

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The Hurlbut Glacier is an ice cap located between Olrik Fjord and Inglefield Fjord with an outlet that flows roughly from south to north. The outlet has its terminus in the southern shore of the mid Inglefield Fjord.[2] In recent times it has retreated by less than 5 m (16 ft) per year.[1]

 
19th century map of the Inglefield Gulf.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Studies of four glaciers in Greenland
  2. ^ a b "Hurlbut Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  3. ^ Josephine Diebitsch Peary, Robert Edwin Peary, My Arctic Journal: A Year Among Ice-Fields and Eskimos, p. 144
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