Henson Glacier (Danish: Henson Gletscher), is one of the major glaciers in northern Greenland.[1]
| Henson Glacier | |
|---|---|
| Henson Gletscher | |
  Location within Greenland | |
| Type | Tidal outlet glacier |
| Location | Greenland |
| Coordinates | 82°21′00″N 40°20′00″W / 82.35°N 40.33333°W |
| Length | ca 50 km |
| Terminus | J.P. Koch Fjord; Lincoln Sea |
It was named in 1917 for African-American Arctic explorer Matthew Henson[2] by Knud Rasmussen during the Second Thule Expedition to north Greenland.[3] The Henson Gletscher Formation, which preserves trilobites and echinoderm fossils, among others, is named after this glacier.[4]
Geography
editThe Henson Glacier originates in the Greenland Ice Cap. It is roughly north–south oriented and has its terminus at the head of the J.P. Koch Fjord. The Expedition Glacier discharges from the west north of the terminus of the Henson Glacier, between the head of the fjord and Navarana Fjord on the Freuchen Land side. The Hans Tausen Ice Cap is located to the east, close to the glacier tongue.[5]
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Bibliography
edit- H.P. Trettin (ed.), Geology of the Innuitian Orogen and Arctic Platform of Canada and Greenland. Geological Survey of Canada (1991) ISBN 978-0660131313
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Contribution to the glaciology of northern Greenland - UCI ESS
- ^ Matthew A. Henson, A Journey for the Ages: Matthew Henson and Robert Peary's Historic North...
- ^ Independence Fjord, Peary, and the First Thule Expedition
- ^ "The Henson Gletscher Formation, North Greenland, and its bearing on the global Cambrian Series 2-Series 3 boundary". Bulletin of Geosciences. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ Kap Gletscher
External links
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