- Source: Hurlbut Glacier
Hurlbut Glacier (Danish: Hurlbut Gletscher) is a glacier in northwestern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.
This glacier was named by Robert Peary after George Hurlbut (1830 – 1908), secretary and librarian of the American Geographical Society.
Geography
The Hurlbut Glacier is an ice cap located between Olrik Fjord and Inglefield Fjord with an outlet that flows roughly from south to north. The outlet has its terminus in the southern shore of the mid Inglefield Fjord. In recent times it has retreated by less than 5 m (16 ft) per year.
See also
List of glaciers in Greenland
Inglefield Fjord
References
External links
Identifying Spatial Variability in Greenland's Outlet Glacier Response to Ocean Heat
Recent ice mass loss in northwestern Greenland
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- List of glaciers in Greenland
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- Inglefield Gulf
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