Thomas Glacier (Greenland)

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Thomas Glacier
Thomas Gletscher
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Roosevelt Range section of Robert Peary's 1900 explorations map "Polar Regions".
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Location within Greenland
Type Valley glacier
Location Greenland
Coordinates 83°21′N37°35′W / 83.350°N 37.583°W / 83.350; -37.583 Coordinates: 83°21′N37°35′W / 83.350°N 37.583°W / 83.350; -37.583
Width3 km (1.9 mi)
Terminus Hunt Fjord
Lincoln Sea

Thomas Glacier (Danish : Thomas Gletscher) is a glacier in northern Greenland. [1] Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.

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The glacier was named by Robert Peary after E. B. Thomas, one of the founding members of the Peary Arctic Club in New York. [2]

Geography

The Thomas Glacier is a large, slow-moving glacier in Roosevelt Land. It flows northwestwards with its terminus at the head of the Hunt Fjord. [3]

The peaks of the Roosevelt Range close to the head of the Thomas Glacier rise to heights of nearly 1,500 m (4,900 ft). In the area of its terminus sharp-peaked, dark nunataks protrude above the ice. [4]

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Map of Northern Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland.

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References

  1. ↑ "Thomas Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  2. ↑ How Did Frederick E. Hyde Fjord Get Its Name?
  3. ↑ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 95
  4. ↑ Geographical Items on North Greenland Encyclopedia Arctica 14
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