Tracy Glacier (Greenland)
Tracy Glacier | |
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Tracy Gletscher | |
Location within Greenland | |
Type | Tidal outlet glacier |
Location | Greenland |
Coordinates | 77°39′N 66°2′W / 77.650°N 66.033°WCoordinates: 77°39′N 66°2′W / 77.650°N 66.033°W |
Width | 4 km (2.5 mi) |
Terminus | Inglefield Fjord Baffin Bay |
Status | Retreating[1] |
Tracy Glacier (Danish: Tracy Gletscher), is a glacier in northwestern Greenland.[2] Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.
This glacier was named by Robert Peary after Benjamin F. Tracy (1830 – 1915), United States Secretary of the Navy, who granted him three years' leave in order to engage in Arctic explorations.[3]
Geography[]
The Tracy Glacier discharges from the Greenland Ice Sheet into the head of the Inglefield Fjord just east of . Its terminus lies between two nunataks. , the northern one, separates it from the Farquhar Glacier to the northwest and a larger nunatak, the , separates it from the Heilprin Glacier to the south.[2]
Although the Tracy Glacier is contiguous to the Heilprin Glacier, both glaciers have a different nature, a fact which has been a source of puzzlement for scientists for over a century.[4]
See also[]
- List of glaciers in Greenland
- Inglefield Fjord
References[]
- ^ Tracy Gletscher Retreat 1987-2013, Northwest Greenland
- ^ a b "Tracy Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ PEARY MAY SEEK THE POLE.; SECRETARY TRACY DECIDES TO GRANT THE REQUEST OF THE SCIENTISTS. - NY Times, 1892
- ^ "NASA Discovered Why Greenland's Glaciers Are Melting at Different Speeds". Inverse. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
External links[]
- Identifying Spatial Variability in Greenland's Outlet Glacier Response to Ocean Heat
- The recent regimen of the ice cap margin in North Greenland
- Glaciers of Greenland
- Glacier stubs
- Greenland geography stubs