C. H. Ostenfeld Glacier ( da, C. H. Ostenfeld Gletscher), is one of the major

glacier A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its Ablation#Glaciology, ablation over many years, often Century, centuries. It acquires dis ...

s in northern

Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is t ...

.Contribution to the glaciology of northern Greenland - UCI ESS
/ref> This glacier was first mapped by

Lauge Koch Lauge Koch (5 July 1892 – 5 June 1964) was a Danish geologist and Arctic explorer. Biography Lauge Koch was born in 1892 to Karl and Elisabeth Koch. His development as a scientist was greatly influenced by his father's second cousin Johan Pet ...

in 1917 during Knud Rasmussen's 1916-1918

Second Thule Expedition The second (symbol: s) is the unit of time in the International System of Units (SI), historically defined as of a day – this factor derived from the division of the day first into 24 hours, then to 60 minutes and finally to 60 seconds each ...

to north Greenland and was named after Danish botanist

Carl Hansen Ostenfeld Carl Emil Hansen Ostenfeld (born Carl Emil Ostenfeld-Hansen) (3 August 1873 – 16 January 1931) was a Danish systematic botanist. He graduated from the University of Copenhagen under professor Eugenius Warming. He was a keeper at the Botan ...

(1873–1931), author of ''Flora of Greenland and its origin''.

Geography

The C. H. Ostenfeld Glacier originates in the

Greenland Ice Cap The Greenland ice sheet ( da, Grønlands indlandsis, kl, Sermersuaq) is a vast body of ice covering , roughly near 80% of the surface of Greenland. It is sometimes referred to as an ice cap, or under the term ''inland ice'', or its Danish equiva ...

. It is roughly southeast–northwest oriented and has its terminus at the head of

Victoria Fjord Victoria Fjord, also known as Victoria Inlet, is a large fjord in northern Greenland. Its eastern shore forms the western limit of Peary Land. Geography To the northwest the fjord opens into the Lincoln Sea of the Arctic Ocean. Wulff Land forms t ...

. There are three

nunatak A nunatak (from Inuit ''nunataq'') is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge. They are also called glacial islands. Examples are natural pyramidal peaks. ...

s near its terminus. The glacier's last stretch is a floating tongue within the fjord. The Brikkerne Glacier joins from the right near the head of the fjord.U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, Volume 1386, Part 3, figure 38

Bibliography

Anthony K. Higgins, ''North Greenland Glacier Velocities and Calf Ice Production''A Review of Recent Changes in Major Marine-Terminating Outlet Glaciers
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References

External links

Arctic Sea Ice ForumIcy Seas
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