Sif Glacier
| Sif Glacier | |
|---|---|
| Sif Gletscher | |
Valley glacier | |
| Location | Greenland |
| Coordinates | 83°22′N 31°0′W / 83.367°N 31.000°W |
| Width | 2.5 km (1.6 mi) |
| Terminus | Tvillingesø |
| Status | Retreating[1] |
Sif Glacier (Danish: Sifs Gletscher), is a glacier in northern Greenland.[2] Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park
History
The Sif Glacier was seen during aerial surveys by
The glacier was first explored from the ground by the
Geography
The Sif Glacier is a slow-moving glacier located in Johannes V. Jensen Land, roughly in the middle of the Roosevelt Range. It flows in a WSW/ENE direction from the ice cap of the Mary Peary Peaks, bifurcating south of the Birgit Koch Peaks with one arm flowing roughly northwards and another southwards until their terminuses in the Northern and in the Southern Tvillingesø (Twin Lakes) respectively.[3]
The northern branch of the Sif Glacier ends in a valley open to the north with its mouth in
See also
References
- ^ The recent regimen of the ice cap margin in North Greenland
- ^ "Sif Glacier". Mapcarta. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ a b Arctic Report, 121
- ^ The terminal moraine in Constable Bugt
External links
- Early to middle Holocene valley glaciations on northernmost Greenland The terminal moraine in Constable Bugt
- Greenland North Coast - Jeff Shea
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