Hutchinson Glacier | |
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Hutchinson Gletscher | |
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Crown Prince Frederick Range map section with the Hutchinson Glacier in the northeast | |
Location | Sermersooq, Greenland |
Coordinates | 68°7′N 32°55′W / 68.117°N 32.917°W |
Terminus |
Kangerlussuaq Fjord, North Atlantic Ocean |
The Hutchinson Glacier ( Danish: Hutchinson Gletscher) is a large active glacier on the east coast of the Greenland ice sheet. [1]
This glacier was named after American aviator George R. Hutchinson who crash-landed and was stranded in the area in 1932 during an attempted around-the-world flight with his family and was rescued and brought to Ammasalik by a fishing trawler. [2]
The Hutchinson Glacier flows north of the Crown Prince Frederick Range from the Hutchinson Plateau in the northwest in a roughly eastern direction with an average elevation of 1,050 m (3,440 ft).
The terminus of the glacier is in the southern side of the mouth of the Kangerlussuaq Fjord, the second largest fjord in East Greenland. [3] [4]
This glacier is located in the Sermersooq municipality.