Hans Tausen Ice Cap
Hans Tausen Ice Cap (Danish: Hans Tausens Iskappe) is an ice cap in Peary Land, northern Greenland. Ice cores show it is around 3500–4000 years old. It formed since the Holocene climatic optimum of 6000-8000 BP.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
| Hans Tausen Ice Cap | |
|---|---|
| Hans Tausens Iskappe | |
  Location within Greenland | |
| Type | Ice cap |
| Location | Greenland |
| Coordinates | 82°30′N 37°30′W |
| Area | ca 4,000 km2 |
| Length | 100 km |
| Width | 80 km |
| Thickness | max 600 m |
| Status | The future development of the ice cap is highly dependent upon summer temperatures.[1] |
Geography
The ice cap is located south of the De Long Fjord area and east of Freuchen Land, across the inner J.P. Koch Fjord, and west of Odin Fjord.[8] It is about 100 km from north to south and 80 km from east to west and sits on a 1300 m high plateau.
The Hans Tausen Ice Cap is the source of many glaciers, including Ymer Glacier, Lur Glacier and the Tjalfe Glacier.[9] It is a well studied ice cap, and is important to understanding the Holocene climatic optimum.[10]
 Map of Far Northern Greenland. |
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See also
References
- Paper on ice flow PDF
- Hans Tausen Iskappe, North Greenland - Studies using an ice flow model
- http://epic.awi.de/2036/
- http://www.iceandclimate.nbi.ku.dk/publications/theses/hanstauseniskappenorthgreenland-studiesusinganiceflowmodel.pdf/
- Möller, Per; Larsen, Nicolaj K.; Kjær, Kurt H.; Funder, Svend; Schomacker, Anders; Linge, Henriette; Fabel, Derek (2010). "Early to middle Holocene valley glaciations on northernmost Greenland". Quaternary Science Reviews. 29 (25–26): 3379–3398. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.06.044.
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jon_Landvik/publication/230709679_The_glacial_history_of_the_Hans_Tausen_Iskappe_and_the_last_glaciation_of_Peary_Land_North_Greenland/links/0fcfd50e0335f57e48000000.pdf
- http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/EGU2015-1540.pdf
- GoogleEarth
- http://travelingluck.com/North+America/Greenland/Nordgr%C3%B8nland/_3423569_Hans+Tausen+Iskappe.html#local_map
- Landvik et al 2001
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