C. H. Ostenfeld Glacier

Glacier in Greenland

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

References

1. 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. "C. H. Ostenfeld Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
4. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, Volume 1386, Part 3, figure 38

External links

• Arctic Sea Ice Forum
• Icy Seas