Hubbard Glacier (Greenland)
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This article is about the glacier in NW Greenland. For the glacier in Alaska, see Hubbard Glacier.
Hubbard Glacier (Danish: Hubbard Gletscher), is a glacier in northwestern Greenland.[2] Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.
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Hubbard Glacier | |
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Hubbard Gletscher Hubbard Bræ | |
Type | Valley glacier |
Location | Greenland |
Coordinates | 77°33′N 67°45′W |
Width | 3.5 km (2.2 mi) |
Terminus | Inglefield Fjord Baffin Bay |
Status | Retreating[1] |
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This glacier was named by Robert Peary after Gardiner Greene Hubbard (1822 – 1897), founder and first president of the American Geographical Society.[3]