Ryder Glacier (Greenland)

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

This article is about the glacier in Greenland. For the glacier in Antarctica, see Ryder Glacier.
Ryder Glacier
Ryder Gletscher
The Ryder Glacier with its melt ponds in a NASA picture
Location within Greenland
TypeTidal outlet glacier
LocationGreenland
Coordinates81°38′N 49°10′W
Length80 km (50 mi)
Width19 km (12 mi)
TerminusSherard Osborn Fjord;
Lincoln Sea

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 Arctic explorer Carl Ryder.

Geography

The Ryder Glacier originates in the Greenland Ice Cap. It is roughly north-south oriented and has its terminus at the head of the Sherard Osborn Fjord between Permin Land and Warming Land. It is 30 km long and is a floating tongue within the fjord.[2][3]

Map of part of Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland.

Bibliography

See also

References
  1. Contribution to the glaciology of northern Greenland - UCI ESS
  2. Ryder Glacier, Northern Greenland Transient snowline rise
  3. Ice flow of Humboldt, Petermann and Ryder Gletscher, northern Greenland - Journal of Glaciology 45 (150):231-241 · June 1999
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