Hutchinson Glacier
68°7′N 32°55′W / 68.117°N 32.917°W / 68.117; -32.917Terminus Kangerlussuaq Fjord,
North Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic Ocean
The Hutchinson Glacier (Danish: Hutchinson Gletscher) is a large active glacier on the east coast of the Greenland ice sheet.[1]
This glacier was named after American aviator George R. Hutchinson who crash-landed and was stranded in the area in 1932 during an attempted around-the-world flight with his family and was rescued and brought to Ammasalik by a fishing trawler.[2]
Geography
The Hutchinson Glacier flows north of the Crown Prince Frederick Range from the Hutchinson Plateau in the northwest in a roughly eastern direction with an average elevation of 1,050 m (3,440 ft).
The terminus of the glacier is in the southern side of the mouth of the Kangerlussuaq Fjord, the second largest fjord in East Greenland.[3][4]
This glacier is located in the Sermersooq municipality.
See also
References
- ^ Brooks, Charles Kent, Geomorphological observations at Kangerdlugssuaq, East Greenland
- ^ Wrecked Plane Flying Hutchinson's is Found On Greenland's Coast
- ^ "Hutchinson Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ^ Deer, W. A., D. R. C. Kempe & G. C. Jones, Syenitic and associated intrusions of the Kap Edvard Holm region of Kangerdlugssuaq, East Greenland
External links
- Science Flight Report- Operation IceBridge Arctic 2010
- The Cryosphere; The first complete inventory of the local glaciers
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