Bertelsen Glacier

Bertelsen Glacier (Danish: Bertelsen Gletscher) is a glacier in northern Greenland.[1] Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park. Between 2006 and 2010 there was an automatic weather station near the glacier.[2]

Bertelsen Glacier
Bertelsen Gletscher
ONC map section of Northern Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland.
Map showing the location of Bertelsen Glacier
Map showing the location of Bertelsen Glacier
Location within Greenland
TypeValley glacier
LocationGreenland
Coordinates83°35′N 27°25′W
Width3 km (1.9 mi)
TerminusMoore Glacier
Bliss Bay
Wandel Sea

The glacier was mapped with accuracy by Lauge Koch during an aerial survey in May 1938. It had previously not been seen by Robert Peary during his 1902 exploration of the area that put the adjacent Moore Glacier in the map.[3][4] The glacier was named in honour of Aage Bertelsen, who had taken part in the 1906–1908 Danmark Expedition.[5]

Geography

The Bertelsen Glacier is one of the main glaciers in eastern Peary Land. It is a valley glacier, a branch of the larger, northwest-flowing Moore Glacier, joining it from the northeast. It is located in the area of the easternmost subranges of the Roosevelt Range, between the H. H. Benedict Range to the southwest and the Daly Range to the northeast.[6][7]

See also

References
  1. Google Earth
  2. "Map of North Greenland. Automatic weather stations". researchgate.net. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  3. Sailing Directions for the East Coast of Greenland from Prince Christian Sound to Cape Morris Jesup. United States. Hydrographic Office. 1943, p. 264
  4. "Where the northernmost world ends – fieldwork in Johannes V. Jensen Land on its glacial and palaeoenvironmental history - part 1 | Swedish Polar Research Portal". polarforskningsportalen.se. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  5. "Place names, northern East Greenland". data.geus.dk. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  6. "Greenland Pilot, Sailing Directions for East Greenland" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  7. "North coast of Greenland with location names mentioned in the text. (modified from Larsen et al., 2010)". researchgate.net. Retrieved 2022-12-01.


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