Britannia Glacier Explained

Britannia Glacier
Other Name:Britannia Gletscher
Type:Piedmont glacier
Location:Queen Louise Land
Map:Greenland
Coordinates:77.1833°N -24°W
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Width:9km (06miles)
Terminus:Britannia Lake

Britannia Glacier (Danish: Britannia Gletscher) is a glacier in Queen Louise Land, northeastern Greenland.[1] Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.

History

The glacier was mapped during the 1952–54 British North Greenland expedition led by Commander James Simpson. It was named in honour of Britannia. At the time of the expedition the name "Unicorn Glacier" had also been used.[2]

The main base of the British expedition was built close to the southern end of the glacier. In the 1980s the abandoned huts of the field camp were destroyed by a surge of the Britannia Glacier.[3]

Geography

With a width reaching 9km (06miles), the Britannia Glacier is one of the main glaciers in Queen Louise Land. It flows roughly from north to south in northern Queen Louise Land, to the west of the western edge of the mighty Storstrommen and south of the Suzanne Glacier that flows by the Ymer Nunatak. The glacier has its terminus in the Britannia Lake, located at its southern end. The Admiralty Glacier flows from the southwest into the western end of the lake.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. [Google Earth]
  2. Web site: Place names, northern East Greenland . data.geus.dk. 2022-12-01.
  3. https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr/2021/08/13/re-discovering-the-british-north-greenland-expedition-1952-54/ Re-discovering the British North Greenland Expedition 1952-54