Adolf Hoel Glacier

Adolf Hoel Glacier
Adolf Hoel Glacier
	Adolf Hoels Gletscher
	View of the Adolf Hoel Glacier
	Location within Greenland
Type	Piedmont glacier
Location	Greenland
Coordinates	74°0′N26°45′W / 74.000°N 26.750°W Coordinates: 74°0′N26°45′W / 74.000°N 26.750°W
Length	45 km (28 mi)
Width	7 km (4.3 mi)
Terminus	Nunatak Glacier ; Geologfjord ; Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord ; Greenland Sea

Last updated July 01, 2020

Adolf Hoel Glacier (Danish : Adolf Hoels Gletscher), also known as Hoel Glacier(Hoels Gletscher),^[1] is one of the major glaciers in King Christian X Land, Northeast Greenland. Administratively it lies in the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.

History

This glacier was first mapped in 1931 by the Høygaard and Mehren expedition. It was named after Adolf Hoel (1863–1933), Norwegian geologist and chairman of the Arctic Trading Co..^[2]

Geography

The Adolf Hoel Glacier originates in the eastern side of the Greenland ice sheet around the area of Hobb Land, with J. L. Mowinckel Land to the south and Arnold Escher Land to the north. It is joined by the Skråbræ from the north. Then it flows along the northern edge of Andrée Land in a roughly WNW/ESE direction until its terminus in the Nunatak Glacier to the east.^[1] It has a flow of 0.3 km (0.19 mi) per year.^[3]

The Eyvind Fjeld Glacier flows to the north and the Wilkins Nunataks rise to the NW. The Jakob Kjøde Bjerg, a large 1,850 m (6,070 ft) high nunatak, rises off the northeastern side of the glacier, beyond which flows the Waltershausen Glacier.^[1]^[4]^[5]

Bibliography

A. K. Higgins, Jane A. Gilotti, M. Paul Smith (eds.), The Greenland Caledonides: Evolution of the Northeast Margin of Laurentia.

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References

1 2 3 "Adolf Hoels Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
↑ "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
↑ Ice flow in Greenland for the International Polar Year 2008–2009
↑ Deeply incised submarine glacial valleys beneath the Greenland ice
↑ Ocean forcing of the Greenland Ice Sheet

External links

U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, Volume 1386, Part 3

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[mapcarta-1] 1 2 3 "Adolf Hoels Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 31 July 2019.

[cat-2] "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 31 July 2019.

[3] Ice flow in Greenland for the International Polar Year 2008–2009

[4] Deeply incised submarine glacial valleys beneath the Greenland ice

[5] Ocean forcing of the Greenland Ice Sheet