Moore_Glacier

Moore Glacier

Moore Glacier

Glacier in northern Greenland

Moore Glacier (Danish: Moore Gletscher) is a glacier in northern Greenland.[1] Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park. Between 2006 and 2010 there was an automatic weather station in the glacier.[2]

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The glacier was named by Robert Peary after Mr. Charles Moore, who convinced US President William McKinley to keep supporting Peary's Polar ventures in the face of the United States Department of the Navy opposing further explorations.[3][4]

Geography

The Moore Glacier is the largest of the valley glaciers located in the area of the easternmost subranges of the Roosevelt Range.[5] It flows roughly in a northwestern direction from the southeast and stretches between the H. H. Benedict Range to the southwest and the Bertelsen Glacier to the northeast.[6][7]

The Moore Glacier has its terminus at the head of the southeastern shore of Bliss Bay, which is permanently clogged with ice. The Stjernebannertinde, highest peak of the H. H. Benedict Range, rises above the left side of the glacier to a height of 1,433 m (4,701 ft).[8][9]

See also

References

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    Google Earth
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    Map of North Greenland. Automatic weather stations
  3. [3]
    Daniel E. Harmon, Robert Peary. 2013
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    Lieutenant Commander Fitzhugh Green, U. S. Navy - Rear Admiral Peary, U. S. N., Scientist And Arctic Explorer
  5. [5]
    Greenland Pilot, Sailing Directions for East Greenland
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    North coast of Greenland with location names mentioned in the text. (modified from Larsen et al., 2010)
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    Where the Northernmost World Ends – Fieldwork in Johannes V. Jensen Land
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    1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet A-5
  9. [9]
    American Alpine Club - North America, Greenland, The Far North. Explorations
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