Dodge Glacier Explained

Dodge Glacier
Other Name:Dodge Gletscher
Type:Tidal outlet glacier
Location:Greenland
Map:Greenland
Coordinates:78.2°N -114°W
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Width:4km (02miles)
Terminus:Smith Sound
Baffin Bay
Status:Retreating

Dodge Glacier (Danish: Dodge Gletscher), is a glacier in northwestern Greenland.[1] Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.

The glacier was named by Isaac Israel Hayes (1832 – 1881) after expedition member Henry W. Dodge during the American Arctic Expedition of 1860 – 1861.[1]

Geography

The Dodge Glacier has its terminus in the Smith Sound, east of Cape Alexander (Ullersuaq), north of the Storm Glacier. The Dodge and Storm glaciers don't discharge directly from the Greenland Ice Sheet, but from an ice cap located at the southwestern end of Inglefield Land which is attached to the Ice Sheet from the southeast.[1] [2]

In the same manner as the neighboring Storm Glacier, the Dodge Glacier has retreated significantly in recent years.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. https://asiaq.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=c5c7d9d52a264980a24911d7d33914b5 Nunat Aqqi; Stednavne
  2. https://gst.dk/media/7116/181111_dgl_vestgronland_eng_skr_51_52-2018.pdf Greenland Pilot
  3. https://blogs.agu.org/fromaglaciersperspective/2013/01/12/dodge-glacier-and-storm-glacier-retreat-northern-greenland/ Dodge Glacier and Storm Glacier Retreat, Northern Greenland