Hubbard Glacier (Greenland)
Hubbard Glacier | |
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Hubbard Gletscher Hubbard Bræ | |
![]() ![]() Location within Greenland | |
Type | Valley glacier |
Location | Greenland |
Coordinates | 77°33′N 67°45′W / 77.550°N 67.750°WCoordinates: 77°33′N 67°45′W / 77.550°N 67.750°W |
Width | 3.5 km (2.2 mi) |
Terminus | Inglefield Fjord Baffin Bay |
Status | Retreating[1] |
Hubbard Glacier (Danish: Hubbard Gletscher), is a glacier in northwestern Greenland.[2] Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.
This glacier was named by Robert Peary after Gardiner Greene Hubbard (1822 – 1897), founder and first president of the American Geographical Society.[3]
Geography[]
The Hubbard Glacier has its terminus in the northern shore of the mid Inglefield Fjord. It discharges from the margins of the Greenland Ice Sheet in , flowing roughly from north to south.[2]
In the same manner as most neighboring glaciers, it has retreated by approximately 0.75 km (0.47 mi) in recent years.[1]
![]() Map of Northwestern Greenland |
![]() 19th century map of the Inglefield Gulf. |
Bibliography[]
- Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Map Series 2
- Deeply incised submarine glacial valleys beneath the Greenland ice
See also[]
- List of glaciers in Greenland
- Inglefield Fjord
References[]
- ^ a b The recent regimen of the ice cap margin in North Greenland
- ^ a b "Hubbard Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ Robert Neff Keely, Gwilym George Davis, In Arctic Seas: the Voyage of the Kite with the Peary Expedition, 2011 p. 373
External links[]
Categories:
- Glaciers of Greenland
- Greenland geography stubs