Morris Jesup Glacier
| Morris Jesup Glacier | |
|---|---|
| Morris Jesup Gletscher | |
  Location within Greenland | |
| Type | Tidal outlet glacier |
| Location | Greenland |
| Coordinates | 77°56′N 70°54′W / 77.933°N 70.900°W |
| Width | 5 km (3.1 mi) |
| Terminus | Unnamed fjord Smith Sound Baffin Bay |
| Status | Retreating[1] |
Morris Jesup Glacier (Danish: Morris Jesup Gletscher, is a glacier in northwestern Greenland.[2] Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.
This glacier was named by Robert Peary after American industrialist-philanthropist Morris K. Jesup, president of the Peary Arctic Club, who helped finance Peary's expeditions.[3]
Geography
[edit]The Morris Jesup Glacier discharges from the Greenland Ice Sheet at the head of an unnamed fjord located just to the north of Cape Robertson in the Smith Sound area.[4] The glacier flows roughly from NE to SW.[1] The Diebitsch Glacier is located to the northwest, beyond Cape Saumarez, and Siorapaluup Kangerlua to the southeast, around Cape Robertson.[5]
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b The recent regimen of the ice cap margin in North Greenland
- ^ Geographical Names - A.P. Bernstorf Gletscher: Greenland
- ^ Robert Neff Keely, Gwilym George Davis, In Arctic Seas: the Voyage of the Kite with the Peary Expedition, 2011 p. 373
- ^ T. C. Chamberlin, Glacial Studies in Greenland. The Journal of Geology Vol. 5, No. 3 (Apr. - May, 1897), pp. 229-240. Published by: The University of Chicago Press
- ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 90
External links
[edit]- Earthquake Archive: past quakes in or near Morris Jesup Gletscher
- Identifying Spatial Variability in Greenland's Outlet Glacier Response to Ocean Heat
- Seasonal ice-speed variations in 10 marine-terminating outlet glaciers along the coast of Prudhoe Land, northwestern Greenland
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