C. H. Ostenfeld Glacier | |
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C. H. Ostenfeld Gletscher | |
Type | Tidal outlet glacier |
Location | Greenland |
Coordinates | 81°43′00″N44°10′00″W / 81.71667°N 44.16667°W |
Length | 50 km (31 mi) |
Width | 8 km (5.0 mi) |
Thickness | 93 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]
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] .
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]
Carl Emil Hansen Ostenfeld was a Danish systematic botanist. He graduated from the University of Copenhagen under professor Eugenius Warming. He was a keeper at the Botanical Museum 1900–1918, when he became professor of botany at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University. In 1923, by the early retirement of Raunkiær's, Ostenfeld became professor of botany at the University of Copenhagen and director of the Copenhagen Botanical Garden, both positions held until his death in 1931. He was a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters and served on the board of directors of the Carlsberg Foundation.
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