Rink Glacier (Melville Bay)

Rink Glacier (Danish: Rink Gletscher), is a glacier in NW Greenland.[2] Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.

This article is about the glacier in NW Greenland. For the Rink Isbræ (Kangilliup Sermia), see Rink Glacier.
Rink Glacier
Rink Gletscher
Map showing the location of Rink Glacier
Map showing the location of Rink Glacier
Location within Greenland
TypeTidewater glacier
LocationNW Greenland
Coordinates76°12′N 61°9′W
Width6 km (3.7 mi)
TerminusMelville Bay
StatusRetreating[1]

This glacier was named after Danish geologist and explorer of Greenland Hinrich Johannes Rink (1819 - 1893).

Geography

The Rink Glacier is located in the Lauge Koch Coast, Melville Bay.[3] It originates in the western Greenland ice sheet and flows southwestwards between the Døcker Smith Glacier to the west and the Peary Glacier to the east.[2] Its terminus lies ENE of Cape Murdoch, northeast of the Fisher Islands and north of the Balgoni Islands in Melville Bay.[4]

Map of Northwestern Greenland

See also

References
  1. Warming, glacier melt and surface energy budget
  2. "Rink Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  3. Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 20 - GEUS
  4. GoogleEarth
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