Hutchinson Glacier

The Hutchinson Glacier (Danish: Hutchinson Gletscher) is a large active glacier on the east coast of the Greenland ice sheet.[1]

Hutchinson Glacier
Hutchinson Gletscher
Crown Prince Frederick Range map section with the Hutchinson Glacier in the northeast
Map showing the location of Hutchinson Glacier
Map showing the location of Hutchinson Glacier
Location within Greenland
LocationSermersooq, Greenland
Coordinates68°7′N 32°55′W
TerminusKangerlussuaq Fjord,
North Atlantic Ocean

This glacier was named after American aviator George R. Hutchinson who crash-landed and was stranded in the area in 1932 during an attempted around-the-world flight with his family and was rescued and brought to Ammasalik by a fishing trawler.[2]

Geography

The Hutchinson Glacier flows north of the Crown Prince Frederick Range from the Hutchinson Plateau in the northwest in a roughly eastern direction with an average elevation of 1,050 m (3,440 ft).

The terminus of the glacier is in the southern side of the mouth of the Kangerlussuaq Fjord, the second largest fjord in East Greenland.[3][4]

This glacier is located in the Sermersooq municipality.

See also

References
  1. Brooks, Charles Kent, Geomorphological observations at Kangerdlugssuaq, East Greenland
  2. Wrecked Plane Flying Hutchinson's is Found On Greenland's Coast
  3. "Hutchinson Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  4. Deer, W. A., D. R. C. Kempe & G. C. Jones, Syenitic and associated intrusions of the Kap Edvard Holm region of Kangerdlugssuaq, East Greenland
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