C. H. Ostenfeld Glacier (Danish: C. H. Ostenfeld Gletscher), is one of the major glaciers in northern Greenland.[1]
C. H. Ostenfeld Glacier | |
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C. H. Ostenfeld Gletscher | |
Location within Greenland | |
Type | Tidal outlet glacier |
Location | Greenland |
Coordinates | 81°43′00″N 44°10′00″W / 81.71667°N 44.16667°W / 81.71667; -44.16667 |
Length | 50 km (31 mi) |
Width | 8 km (5.0 mi) |
Thickness | 93 m (305 ft) |
Terminus | Victoria Fjord; Lincoln Sea |
This glacier was first mappedbyLauge 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]
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