The Wordie Glacier is quite large and several nunataks rise above it. It flows for about 80 km from the NW east of Stenoland and west of Payer Land. The glacier has several branches, including the Vibeke Glacier and the smaller Iris Glacier to the west, and the Granta Glacier that drains into the Granta Fjord to the east. Faraway How and C. H. Ostenfeld Nunatak are located in the Wordie Glacier.[1]
The terminus of the Wordie Glacier is north of the Norlund Alps, in the Wordie Bay, a small bay at the head of the Godthab Gulf, southwest of Clavering Island. The Jordan Hill, a conspicuous 1,410 m high promontory rises by the shore on the northern side of the terminus of the Wordie Glacier. About 40 kilometers to the NNE lies the Tyrolerfjord, the terminus of the Copeland Glacier (Pasterze Glacier).[2]
Map of the area showing the Wordie Glacier on the left.
Bibliographyedit
R. Thomas et al. Recent changes on Greenland outlet glaciers , Journal of Glaciology, Vol. 55, No. 189, 2009
Wordie, J. M.; Manley, G.; White, P. F.; Johnson, D. McI. (1994). "The Cambridge Expedition to East Greenland in 1926". The Geographical Journal. 70 (1/2). GJ: 53. doi:10.2307/1781943. JSTOR 1781943.
wordie, glacier, danish, wordie, gletscher, glacier, northeastern, greenland, terminus, east, coast, greenland, sheet, wordie, gletscherview, terminus, with, small, terminal, morainelocation, within, greenlandlocationgreenlandcoordinates74, 050length80, kmwidt. Wordie Glacier Danish Wordie Gletscher is a glacier in northeastern Greenland It has its terminus on the east coast of the Greenland ice sheet Wordie GlacierWordie GletscherView of the Wordie Glacier terminus with its small terminal moraineLocation within GreenlandLocationGreenlandCoordinates74 15 N 23 3 W 74 250 N 23 050 W 74 250 23 050Length80 kmWidth9 kmTerminusGodthab GulfNorth Atlantic Ocean This glacier was named after Scottish polar explorer James Wordie 1890 1962 by the 1926 27 expedition led by Lauge Koch 1 Contents 1 Geography 2 Bibliography 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksGeography editThe Wordie Glacier is quite large and several nunataks rise above it It flows for about 80 km from the NW east of Stenoland and west of Payer Land The glacier has several branches including the Vibeke Glacier and the smaller Iris Glacier to the west and the Granta Glacier that drains into the Granta Fjord to the east Faraway How and C H Ostenfeld Nunatak are located in the Wordie Glacier 1 The terminus of the Wordie Glacier is north of the Norlund Alps in the Wordie Bay a small bay at the head of the Godthab Gulf southwest of Clavering Island The Jordan Hill a conspicuous 1 410 m high promontory rises by the shore on the northern side of the terminus of the Wordie Glacier About 40 kilometers to the NNE lies the Tyrolerfjord the terminus of the Copeland Glacier Pasterze Glacier 2 nbsp East Greenland Terra MODIS satellite image nbsp Map of the area showing the Wordie Glacier on the left Bibliography editR Thomas et al Recent changes on Greenland outlet glaciers Journal of Glaciology Vol 55 No 189 2009 Wordie J M Manley G White P F Johnson D McI 1994 The Cambridge Expedition to East Greenland in 1926 The Geographical Journal 70 1 2 GJ 53 doi 10 2307 1781943 JSTOR 1781943 See also editList of glaciers in GreenlandReferences edit a b Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland Geological Survey of Denmark Retrieved 21 April 2016 Wordie Gletscher Mapcarta Retrieved 21 April 2016 External links editPanoramio Photo of Wordie Glacier eastern Greenland Wordie Glacier Godthab Golf Northeast Greenland nbsp This article about a glacier in Greenland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wordie Glacier amp oldid 943442664, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
