Peary Glacier
Glacier in north west Greenland
76°7′N 60°28′W / 76.117°N 60.467°W / 76.117; -60.467Peary Glacier (Danish: Peary Gletscher), is a glacier in north west Greenland.[2] Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.
This glacier was named after US Arctic explorer Robert Peary (1856 - 1920).
Geography
The Peary Glacier is located in the Lauge Koch Coast, Melville Bay.[3] It originates in the western Greenland ice sheet and flows southwestwards between the Rink Glacier to the northwest and the King Oscar Glacier to the southeast.[2] Its terminus lies east of Cape Murdoch, northeast of the Balgoni Islands and Thalbitzer Næs in Melville Bay.[4] Unlike the neighboring King Oscar Glacier, it does not produce many icebergs.[5]
See also
References
External links
- Glacier Photograph Collection - National Snow and Ice Data Center - Peary Glacier, Greenland
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