Wordie Glacier
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Wordie Glacier (Danish: Wordie Gletscher) is a glacier in northeastern Greenland. It has its terminus on the east coast of the Greenland ice sheet.
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Wordie Glacier | |
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Wordie Gletscher | |
Location | Greenland |
Coordinates | 74°15′N 23°3′W |
Length | 80 km |
Width | 9 km |
Terminus | Godthab Gulf North Atlantic Ocean |
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This glacier was named after Scottish polar explorer James Wordie (1890–1962) by the 1926–27 expedition led by Lauge Koch.[1]