Steensby Glacier

Steensby Glacier (Danish: Steensby Gletscher) is a major glacier in northern Greenland.[1]

Steensby Glacier
Steensby Gletscher
The Steensby Glacier between Petermann Glacier and Ryder Glacier in a NASA picture
Map showing the location of Steensby Glacier
Map showing the location of Steensby Glacier
Location within Greenland
TypeTidal outlet glacier
LocationGreenland
Coordinates81°27′N 53°0′W
Area4,700 km2 (1,800 sq mi)
Length60 km (37 mi)
Width4.8 km (3.0 mi)
Thickness75 m (246 ft) - 105 m (344 ft)
TerminusSaint George Fjord;
Lincoln Sea

This glacier was first mapped in 1917 during Knud Rasmussen's 1916–1918 Second Thule Expedition to north Greenland and was named after Danish ethnologist Hans Peder Steensby.

Geography

The Steensby Glacier originates in the Greenland Ice Sheet. It is roughly north–south oriented and has its terminus between Nyeboe Land and Warming Land at the head of the Saint George Fjord. The fjord is free from ice in the summer, and the glacier forms a floating tongue within the fjord that has shrunk since it was measured in 1963.[2][3]

Map of part of Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland.

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