Peary Glacier (Danish: Peary Gletscher), is a glacier in north west Greenland.[2] Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.

Peary Glacier
Peary Gletscher
Map showing the location of Peary Glacier
Map showing the location of Peary Glacier
Location within Greenland
TypeTidewater glacier
LocationNW Greenland
Coordinates76°7′N 60°28′W / 76.117°N 60.467°W / 76.117; -60.467
Width6 km (3.7 mi)
TerminusMelville Bay
StatusRetreating[1]

This glacier was named after US Arctic explorer Robert Peary (1856 - 1920).

Geography

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The Peary Glacier is located in the Lauge Koch Coast, Melville Bay.[3] It originates in the western Greenland ice sheet and flows southwestwards between the Rink Glacier to the northwest and the King Oscar Glacier to the southeast.[2] Its terminus lies east of Cape Murdoch, northeast of the Balgoni Islands and Thalbitzer Næs in Melville Bay.[4] Unlike the neighboring King Oscar Glacier, it does not produce many icebergs.[5]

 
Map of Northwestern Greenland

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Mark Nuttall, Climate, Society and Subsurface Politics in Greenland: Under the Great Ice
  2. ^ a b "Peary Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  3. ^ Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 20 - GEUS
  4. ^ GoogleEarth
  5. ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 84
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