Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Explained

Thomas Glacier
Other Name:Thomas Gletscher
Type:Valley glacier
Location:Greenland
Map:Greenland
Coordinates:83.35°N -72°W
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Width:3km (02miles)
Terminus:Hunt Fjord
Lincoln Sea

Thomas Glacier (Danish: Thomas Gletscher) is a glacier in northern Greenland.[1] Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.

The glacier was named by Robert Peary after E. B. Thomas, one of the founding members of the Peary Arctic Club in New York.[2]

Geography

The Thomas Glacier is a large, slow-moving glacier in Roosevelt Land. It flows northwestwards with its terminus at the head of the Hunt Fjord.[3]

The peaks of the Roosevelt Range close to the head of the Thomas Glacier rise to heights of nearly 1500m (4,900feet). In the area of its terminus sharp-peaked, dark nunataks protrude above the ice.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Thomas Gletscher. Mapcarta. 30 May 2019.
  2. http://lanaii-thefamilyhistorian.blogspot.com/2014/08/how-did-frederick-e-hyde-fjord-get-its.html?m=1 How Did Frederick E. Hyde Fjord Get Its Name?
  3. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 95
  4. https://collections.dartmouth.edu/arctica-beta/html/EA14-13.html Geographical Items on North Greenland Encyclopedia Arctica 14