Henson Glacier (Greenland)

Henson Glacier (Danish: Henson Gletscher), is one of the major glaciers in northern Greenland.[1]

This article is about the glacier in Greenland. For the glacier in Antarctica, see Henson Glacier.
Henson Glacier
Henson Gletscher
Location within Greenland
TypeTidal outlet glacier
LocationGreenland
Coordinates82°21′00″N 40°20′00″W
Lengthca 50 km
TerminusJ.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

The 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]

Map of part of Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland.

Bibliography
  • 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

References
  1. Contribution to the glaciology of northern Greenland - UCI ESS
  2. Matthew A. Henson, A Journey for the Ages: Matthew Henson and Robert Peary?s Historic North ...
  3. Independence Fjord, Peary, and the First Thule Expedition
  4. "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.
  5. Kap Gletscher
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