C. H. Ostenfeld Glacier

C. H. Ostenfeld Glacier (Danish: C. H. Ostenfeld Gletscher), is one of the major glaciers in northern Greenland.^[1]

C. H. Ostenfeld Glacier
C. H. Ostenfeld Gletscher
Location within Greenland
Type	Tidal outlet glacier
Location	Greenland
Coordinates	81°43′00″N 44°10′00″W
Length	50 km (31 mi)
Width	8 km (5.0 mi)
Thickness	93 m (305 ft)
Terminus	Victoria Fjord; Lincoln Sea

Carl Hansen Ostenfeld (1873–1931) who the glacier is named after

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]

Map of part of Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland.

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