Английская Википедия:A. Harmsworth Glacier

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox glacier A. Harmsworth Glacier or Alfred Harmsworth Glacier (Шаблон:Lang-da) is a glacier in northern Greenland.[1] Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.

The glacier was named by Robert Peary after British newspaper magnate Alfred Harmsworth, who had gifted him expedition ship "Windward" following a lecture on Polar exploration Peary gave at the Royal Geographical Society in 1897.[2]

Geography

The A. Harmsworth Glacier is flowing roughly to the NW and has its terminus at the head of the Benedict Fjord. It fills most of the inner fjord.[3] Gertrud Rask Land lies on its eastern side and Roosevelt Land in the west. The glacier has a velocity of Шаблон:Convert per year.[4]

The peaks of the Roosevelt Range rise on both sides and at the head of the A. Harmsworth Glacier. To the east some peaks rise to heights above Шаблон:Convert. The A. Harmsworth Glacier is one of the large glaciers in the area.[5]

Файл:Operational Navigation Chart A-5, 3rd edition.jpg
Map of Northern Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland.

See also

References

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External links


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  1. Шаблон:Cite web
  2. Daniel E. Harmon, Robert Peary. 2013
  3. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 96
  4. A. K. Higgins - North Greenland glacier velocities and calf ice production
  5. Geographical Items on North Greenland Encyclopedia Arctica 14