Hamberg Glacier (Greenland)

Hamberg Glacier (Danish: Hamberg Gletscher) is one of the major glaciers in King Christian X Land, Northeast Greenland. Administratively it lies in the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.

This article is about the glacier in NE Greenland. For the glacier in South Georgia, see Hamberg Glacier. For the glacier in Spitsbergen, see Hambergbreen.
Hamberg Glacier
Hamberg Gletscher
Map showing the location of Hamberg Glacier
Map showing the location of Hamberg Glacier
Location within Greenland
TypePiedmont glacier
LocationGreenland
Coordinates73°33′N 29°38′W
Length50 km (31 mi)
TerminusGerard de Geer Glacier
Isfjord
Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord
Greenland Sea
Map of Northeastern Greenland

The area where the glacier flows is remote and uninhabited.

History

This glacier was first mapped in 1932 by Lauge Koch during the Three-year Expedition to East Greenland. It was named after Swedish mineralogist, geographer and Arctic explorer Axel Hamberg (1863–1933).[1]

Geography

The Hamberg Glacier flows from the eastern side of the Greenland ice sheet in the west and swings to the NE to join Gerard de Geer Glacier. To the northwest of the bend lies J. L. Mowinckel Land. To the SE the glacier has a branch joining the Jaette Glacier.

The Evers Glacier flows about 10 km (6.2 mi) to the north and the Victor Madsen Glacier about 25 km (16 mi) to the southeast. Louise Boyd Land lies to the east of the eastern section of the glacier and Fraenkel Land further to the southeast.[2]

There is a small region of nunataks off the upper western section of the glacier.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  2. "Hamberg Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  3. A. K. Higgins, Jane A. Gilotti, M. Paul Smith (eds.), The Greenland Caledonides: Evolution of the Northeast Margin of Laurentia


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