Morris Jesup Glacier
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LocationGreenland
Width5 km (3.1 mi)
| Morris Jesup Glacier | |
|---|---|
| Morris Jesup Gletscher | |
  Location within Greenland | |
| Type | Tidal outlet glacier |
| Location | Greenland |
| Coordinates | 77°56′N 70°54′W / 77.933°N 70.900°W |
| Width | 5 km (3.1 mi) |
| Terminus | Unnamed fjord Smith Sound Baffin Bay |
| Status | Retreating[1] |
Morris Jesup Glacier (Danish: Morris Jesup Gletscher, is a glacier in northwestern Greenland.[2] Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.
This glacier was named by Robert Peary after American industrialist-philanthropist Morris K. Jesup, president of the Peary Arctic Club, who helped finance Peary's expeditions.[3]
The Morris Jesup Glacier discharges from the Greenland Ice Sheet at the head of an unnamed fjord located just to the north of Cape Robertson in the Smith Sound area.[4] The glacier flows roughly from NE to SW.[1] The Diebitsch Glacier is located to the northwest, beyond Cape Saumarez, and Siorapaluup Kangerlua to the southeast, around Cape Robertson.[5]
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