Waltershausen Glacier

Waltershausen Glacier

View of the wide Waltershausen Glacier
Location within Greenland

Location within Greenland

Type Piedmont glacier
Location Greenland
Coordinates 73°54′N 24°25′W / 73.900°N 24.417°W / 73.900; -24.417Coordinates: 73°54′N 24°25′W / 73.900°N 24.417°W / 73.900; -24.417
Width 10 km
Terminus Nordfjord
North Atlantic Ocean

Waltershausen Glacier (Danish: Waltershausen Gletscher) is one of the major glaciers in Greenland. It has its terminus on the east coast of the Greenland ice sheet. This glacier was named after German geologist Wolfgang Sartorius von Waltershausen by the Second German North Polar Expedition led by Carl Koldewey that first surveyed and partially explored the Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord in 1869–70.[1]

Geography

The Waltershausen Glacier flows from the NW between Strindberg Land and Hudson Land into the head of the Nordfjord, a branch of the Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord, one of the largest fjords in East Greenland. The Waltershausen Nunatak is a large nunatak in the upper section of the glacier and Bartholin Land is a land area on the northern side.[2]

View of the Waltershausen Glacier terminus at the northern end of the Nordfjord.

See also

References

  1. "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland" (PDF). Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. "Waltershausen Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
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