Steensby Glacier
81°27′N 53°0′W / 81.450°N 53.000°W / 81.450; -53.000Area 4,700 km2 (1,800 sq mi) Length 60 km (37 mi) Width 4.8 km (3.0 mi) Thickness 75 m (246 ft) - 105 m (344 ft) Terminus Saint George Fjord;
Lincoln Sea
Lincoln Sea
Steensby Glacier (Danish: Steensby Gletscher) is a major glacier in northern Greenland.[1]
This glacier was first mapped in 1917 during Knud Rasmussen's 1916–1918 Second Thule Expedition to north Greenland and was named after Danish ethnologist Hans Peder Steensby.
Geography
The Steensby Glacier originates in the Greenland Ice Sheet. It is roughly north–south oriented and has its terminus between Nyeboe Land and Warming Land at the head of the Saint George Fjord. The fjord is free from ice in the summer, and the glacier forms a floating tongue within the fjord that has shrunk since it was measured in 1963.[2][3]
Bibliography
- Anthony K. Higgins, North Greenland Glacier Velocities and Calf Ice Production
See also
References
External links
- Steensby Glacier Calving Event and Retreat, Northern Greenland
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