Academy Glacier (Greenland)

This article is about the glacier in Northern Greenland. For the glacier in NW Greenland, see Academy Glacier (NW Greenland). For the glacier in Antarctica, see Academy Glacier.

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

Academy Glacier
Academy Gletscher
Map of Far Northeastern Greenland.
Location within Greenland
Type	Tidal outlet glacier
Location	Greenland
Coordinates	81°30′N 32°39′W
Length	ca 40 km
Width	8.5 km
Thickness	120 m
Terminus	Independence Fjord; Arctic Ocean

It was named in 1892 after the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia by Robert Peary^[2] during his expedition to north Greenland.^[3]

This glacier forms the geographical limit between Peary Land and King Frederick VIII Land.

Geography

The Academy Glacier is roughly northeast–southwest oriented and has its terminus at the head of the Independence Fjord. Navy Cliff rises north of the last stretch of the fjord beyond which lies the smaller Marie Sophie Glacier.^[4][5] J.C. Christensen Land lies to the east and Vildtland lies to the northwest. Gletscher Cape is a headland located east of the glacier terminus.^[6]

J. P. Koch 1911 map of NE Greenland showing Academy Brae and the southern inner shore of Independence Fjord as Academy Kyst.

See also

• List of glaciers in Greenland
• Cartographic expeditions to Greenland
• Peary Channel

References

1. "Academy Gletscher". Geoview.info. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
2. Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920, Northward over the great ice : a narrative of life and work along the shores and upon the interior ice-cap of northern Greenland in the years 1886 and 1891-1897, with a description of the little tribe of Smith Sound Eskimos, the most northerly human beings in the world, and an account of the discovery and bringing home of the Saviksue or great Cape York meteorites,1898
3. Independence Fjord, Peary, and the First Thule Expedition
4. "The recent regimen of the ice cap margin in North Greenland" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-06-25. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
5. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, Volume 1386, Part 3, figure 41
6. Kap Gletscher

External links

• Contribution to the glaciology of northern Greenland - UCI ESS