Rink Glacier
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| Rink Glacier | |
|---|---|
| Kangilliup Sermia Rink Isbræ | |
 Photograph of Rink Glacier | |
  Location within Greenland | |
| Location | Avannaata, Greenland |
| Coordinates | 71°45′N 051°40′W / 71.750°N 51.667°W |
| Terminus | Karrat Fjord, Baffin Bay, North Atlantic Ocean |
Rink Glacier (Danish: Rink Isbræ; Greenlandic: Kangilliup Sermia) is a glacier in Avannaata, Greenland.
This glacier is named in honor of Hinrich Johannes Rink, Danish geologist and Greenlandic researcher.
Geography[edit]
The Rink Glacier is the largest glacier on the west coast of Greenland. Its terminus is in the Karrat Fjord, Nordost Bay, Baffin Bay, North Atlantic Ocean.[1]
It drains an area of 30,182 km2 (11,653 sq mi) of the Greenland Ice Sheet with a flux (quantity of ice moved from the land to the sea) of 12.1 km3 (2.9 cu mi) per year, as measured for 1996.[2] As reported by Anker Weidick and Ole Bennike in 2007, it is ranked second or third in iceberg production in western Greenland.[3] It is also the swiftest moving and highest surface ice in the world.[4]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Rink Isbræ". Mapcarta. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ^ Rignot E., Kanagaratnam P. (2006). "Changes in the velocity structure of the Greenland Ice Sheet". Science. 311 (5763): 986–990. Bibcode:2006Sci...311..986R. doi:10.1126/science.1121381. PMID 16484490. S2CID 22389368.
- ^ "Rink Glacier, NW Greenland". osu.edu. February 6, 2009. Archived from the original on 7 July 2010. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
- ^ "Popular Science". Popular Science. 123 (6). Bonnier Corporation: 25. Dec 1933. ISSN 0161-7370.
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