Heilprin Glacier
| Heilprin Glacier | |
|---|---|
| Heilprin Gletscher | |
  Location within Greenland | |
| Type | Tidal outlet glacier |
| Location | Greenland |
| Coordinates | 77°31′N 65°40′W / 77.517°N 65.667°WCoordinates: 77°31′N 65°40′W / 77.517°N 65.667°W |
| Width | 8 km (5.0 mi) |
| Terminus | Inglefield Fjord Baffin Bay |
| Status | Retreating[1] |
Heilprin Glacier (Danish: Heilprin Gletscher), is a glacier in northwestern Greenland.[2] Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.
This glacier was named by Robert Peary after geologist, paleontologist and naturalist Angelo Heilprin (1853 – 1907), curator of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, who took part in the Peary expedition to Greenland of 1891–92.[3]
Geography[]
The Heilprin Glacier discharges from the Greenland Ice Sheet into the head of the Inglefield Fjord just east of the Harvard Islands and northeast of . Its terminus lies between the nunatak that separates it from the Tracy Glacier to the north, and , a plateau dotted with lakes to the south.[2] Both neighboring glaciers drain roughly 12,000 km2 (4,600 sq mi) of the Greenland Ice Sheet.[1]
Although the Heilprin Glacier is contiguous to the Tracy Glacier, both glaciers have a different nature, a fact which has been a source of puzzlement for scientists for over a century.[4]
 Map of Northwestern Greenland |
 19th century map of the Inglefield Gulf. |
See also[]
- List of glaciers in Greenland
- Inglefield Fjord
References[]
- ^ a b Heilprin Glacier, NW Greenland Pinning Point Decline 1987-2017
- ^ a b "Heilprin Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ Robert Neff Keely, Gwilym George Davis, In Arctic Seas: the Voyage of the Kite with the Peary Expedition, 2011 p. 373
- ^ "NASA Discovered Why Greenland's Glaciers Are Melting at Different Speeds". Inverse. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
External links[]
- NASA - Decline of Two Glaciers in Northwest Greenland
- Identifying Spatial Variability in Greenland's Outlet Glacier Response to Ocean Heat
- The recent regimen of the ice cap margin in North Greenland
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