C. H. Ostenfeld Glacier Explained

C. H. Ostenfeld Glacier
Other Name:	C. H. Ostenfeld Gletscher
Type:	Tidal outlet glacier
Location:	Greenland
Map:	Greenland
Coordinates:	81.7167°N -44.1667°W
Mark:	Blue_pog.svg
Length:	50km (30miles)
Width:	8km (05miles)
Thickness:	93m (305feet)
Terminus:	Victoria Fjord Lincoln Sea

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

This glacier was first mapped by Lauge Koch in 1917 during Knud Rasmussen's 1916-1918 Second Thule Expedition to north Greenland and was named after Danish botanist Carl Hansen Ostenfeld (1873–1931), author of Flora of Greenland and its origin.^[2]

Geography

The C. H. Ostenfeld Glacier originates in the Greenland Ice Cap. It is roughly southeast–northwest oriented and has its terminus at the head of Victoria Fjord.^[3] There are three nunataks 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.^[4]

Bibliography

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

See also

• List of glaciers in Greenland

External links

• Arctic Sea Ice Forum
• Icy Seas

Notes and References

1. https://www.ess.uci.edu/~erignot/publications/RignotetalNGJGR2001.pdf Contribution to the glaciology of northern Greenland - UCI ESS
2. Ostenfeld . C.H. . 1926 . The flora of Greenland and its origin . Biologiske Meddelelser, Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab . 6 . 1–71.
3. Web site: C. H. Ostenfeld Gletscher. Mapcarta. 15 March 2019.
4. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, Volume 1386, Part 3, figure 38