Kjerulf Glacier (Jan Mayen)

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Kjerulf Glacier
Kjerulfbreen
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The Kjerulf Glacier in the Beerenberg
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Location of Jan Mayen
Type Piedmont glacier
Location Jan Mayen
Coordinates 71°7′9″N8°7′42″W / 71.11917°N 8.12833°W / 71.11917; -8.12833
Area5.8 km2 (2.2 sq mi) [1]
Length6.4 km (4.0 mi)
Terminus North Atlantic Ocean

Kjerulf Glacier (Norwegian : Kjerulfbreen) is a glacier in Jan Mayen. [2] It begins at the Hakluyttoppen slope, in the outer crater edge of the Beerenberg. The Kjerulf Glacier and both its neighbors, the Weyprecht Glacier in the west and the Svend-Foyn Glacier in the east, are the most active glaciers in the island. [3] [4]

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The glacier was named after Norwegian geologist Theodor Kjerulf (1825–88), founder of the Geological Survey of Norway, during the Norwegian North-Atlantic Expedition 1876-1878 led by Henrik Mohn. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Olav Orheim. Glaciers of Europe – Glaciers of Jan Mayen, Norway, in Richard S. Williams, Jr., Jane G. Ferrigno (eds.); Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers of The World (U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 1386-E-6).
  2. ↑ "Weyprechtbreen". Mapcarta. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  3. ↑ Robert P. Sharp. Glaciers in the Arctic, in Arctic. vol. 9, n. 1 and 2, pp. 78–117
  4. ↑ J. N. Jennings. Glacier Retreat in Jan Mayen. in Journal of Glaciology. vol. 1, 1947, pp. 167–172 and 178–181
  5. ↑ Kjerulfbreen - Stadnamn i norske polarområde, Norsk polarinstitutt.


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