C. H. Ostenfeld Glacier

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C. H. Ostenfeld Glacier
C. H. Ostenfeld Gletscher
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Location within Greenland
Type Tidal outlet glacier
Location Greenland
Coordinates 81°43′00″N44°10′00″W / 81.71667°N 44.16667°W / 81.71667; -44.16667
Length50 km (31 mi)
Width8 km (5.0 mi)
Thickness93 m (305 ft)
Terminus Victoria Fjord;
Lincoln Sea

C. H. Ostenfeld Glacier (Danish : C. H. Ostenfeld Gletscher), is one of the major glaciers in northern Greenland. [1]

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This glacier was first mapped by Lauge Koch in 1917 during Knud Rasmussen's 1916-1918 Second Thule Expedition to north Greenland and was named after Danish botanist Carl Hansen Ostenfeld (1873–1931), author of Flora of Greenland and its origin [2] .

Geography

The C. H. Ostenfeld Glacier originates in the Greenland Ice Cap. It is roughly southeast–northwest oriented and has its terminus at the head of Victoria Fjord. [3] There are three nunataks near its terminus. The glacier's last stretch is a floating tongue within the fjord. The Brikkerne Glacier joins from the right near the head of the fjord. [4]

Map of part of Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland. Operational Navigation Chart A-5, 3rd edition.jpg
Map of part of Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland.

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References

  1. Contribution to the glaciology of northern Greenland - UCI ESS
  2. Ostenfeld, C.H. (1926). "The flora of Greenland and its origin". Biologiske Meddelelser, Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. 6: 1–71.
  3. "C. H. Ostenfeld Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  4. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, Volume 1386, Part 3, figure 38