| Kjerulf Glacier | |
| Other Name: | Kjerulfbreen |
| Type: | Piedmont glacier |
| Location: | Jan Mayen |
| Map: | North Atlantic |
| Coordinates: | 71.1192°N -8.1283°W |
| Mark: | Blue_pog.svg |
| Area: | 5.8sqkm[1] |
| Length: | 6.4km (04miles) |
| Terminus: | North Atlantic Ocean |
Kjerulf Glacier (Norwegian: Kjerulfbreen) is a glacier in Jan Mayen.[2] It begins at the Hakluyttoppen slope, in the outer crater edge of the Beerenberg. The Kjerulf Glacier and both its neighbors, the Weyprecht Glacier in the west and the Svend-Foyn Glacier in the east, are the most active glaciers in the island.[3] [4]
The glacier was named after Norwegian geologist Theodor Kjerulf (1825–88), founder of the Geological Survey of Norway, during the Norwegian North-Atlantic Expedition 1876-1878 led by Henrik Mohn.[5]