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Thomas Glacier (Greenland)

Summary

Thomas Glacier (Danish: Thomas Gletscher) is a glacier in northern Greenland.[1] Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.

Thomas Glacier
Thomas Gletscher
Roosevelt Range section of Robert Peary's 1900 explorations map "Polar Regions".
Map showing the location of Thomas Glacier
Map showing the location of Thomas Glacier
Location within Greenland
TypeValley glacier
LocationGreenland
Coordinates83°21′N 37°35′W / 83.350°N 37.583°W / 83.350; -37.583
Width3 km (1.9 mi)
TerminusHunt Fjord
Lincoln Sea

The glacier was named by Robert Peary after E. B. Thomas, one of the founding members of the Peary Arctic Club in New York.[2]

Geography edit

The Thomas Glacier is a large, slow-moving glacier in Roosevelt Land. It flows northwestwards with its terminus at the head of the Hunt Fjord.[3]

The peaks of the Roosevelt Range close to the head of the Thomas Glacier rise to heights of nearly 1,500 m (4,900 ft). In the area of its terminus sharp-peaked, dark nunataks protrude above the ice.[4]

 
Map of Northern Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Thomas Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  2. ^ How Did Frederick E. Hyde Fjord Get Its Name?
  3. ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 95
  4. ^ Geographical Items on North Greenland Encyclopedia Arctica 14

External links edit

  • North Greenland Glacier Velocities and Calf Ice Production