Hurlbut Glacier
Hurlbut Glacier (Danish: Hurlbut Gletscher) is a glacier in northwestern Greenland.[2] Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.
| Hurlbut Glacier | |
|---|---|
| Hurlbut Gletscher Hurlbut Bræ | |
 Map of Northwestern Greenland | |
  Location within Greenland | |
| Type | Ice cap |
| Location | Greenland |
| Coordinates | 77°22′N 66°58′W |
| Area | 188 km2 (73 sq mi) |
| Thickness | 400 m (1,300 ft) |
| Terminus | Inglefield Fjord Baffin Bay |
| Status | Retreating[1] |
This glacier was named by Robert Peary after Geoge Hurlbut (1830 – 1908), secretary and librarian of the American Geographical Society.[3]
Geography
The Hurlbut Glacier is an ice cap located between Olrik Fjord and Inglefield Fjord with an outlet that flows roughly from south to north. The outlet has its terminus in the southern shore of the mid Inglefield Fjord.[2] In recent times it has retreated by less than 5 m (16 ft) per year.[1]
.jpg.webp) 19th century map of the Inglefield Gulf. |
References
- Studies of four glaciers in Greenland
- "Hurlbut Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- Josephine Diebitsch Peary, Robert Edwin Peary, My Arctic Journal: A Year Among Ice-Fields and Eskimos, p. 144
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