Ryder Glacier (Greenland)

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Ryder Glacier
Ryder Gletscher
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The Ryder Glacier with its melt ponds in a NASA picture
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Location within Greenland
Type Tidal outlet glacier
Location Greenland
Coordinates 81°38′N49°10′W / 81.633°N 49.167°W / 81.633; -49.167 Coordinates: 81°38′N49°10′W / 81.633°N 49.167°W / 81.633; -49.167
Length80 km (50 mi)
Width19 km (12 mi)
Terminus Sherard Osborn Fjord;
Lincoln Sea

Ryder Glacier (Danish : Ryder 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 Arctic explorer Carl Ryder.

Geography

The Ryder Glacier originates in the Greenland Ice Cap. It is roughly north–south oriented and has its terminus at the head of the Sherard Osborn Fjord between Permin Land and Warming Land. It is 30 km long and is a floating tongue within the fjord. [2] [3]

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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. ↑ Ryder Glacier, Northern Greenland Transient snowline rise
  3. ↑ Ice flow of Humboldt, Petermann and Ryder Gletscher, northern Greenland - Journal of Glaciology 45 (150):231-241 · June 1999
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