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
TypeIce cap
LocationGreenland
Coordinates82°30′N 37°30′W
Areaca 4,000 km2
Length100 km
Width80 km
Thicknessmax 600 m
StatusThe 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
  1. Paper on ice flow PDF
  2. Hans Tausen Iskappe, North Greenland - Studies using an ice flow model
  3. http://epic.awi.de/2036/
  4. http://www.iceandclimate.nbi.ku.dk/publications/theses/hanstauseniskappenorthgreenland-studiesusinganiceflowmodel.pdf/
  5. 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.
  6. 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
  7. http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/EGU2015-1540.pdf
  8. GoogleEarth
  9. http://travelingluck.com/North+America/Greenland/Nordgr%C3%B8nland/_3423569_Hans+Tausen+Iskappe.html#local_map
  10. Landvik et al 2001
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