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Academy Glacier (NW Greenland)

Coordinates: 77°14′N 65°26′W / 77.233°N 65.433°W / 77.233; -65.433
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Academy Glacier
Academy Gletscher
Map showing the location of Academy Glacier
Map showing the location of Academy Glacier
Location within Greenland
TypePiedmont glacier
LocationGreenland
Coordinates77°14′N 65°26′W / 77.233°N 65.433°W / 77.233; -65.433
TerminusLeidy Glacier;
Academy Fjord
Inglefield Fjord

Academy Glacier (Danish: Academy Gletscher), is a glacier in northwestern Greenland.[1] Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.

The glacier was named by Robert Peary after the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences.

Geography

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The Academy Glacier is located inland and discharges from the Greenland Ice Sheet into the Leidy Glacier which bifurcates and has its terminus in the Academy Fjord, as well as in the Olrik Fjord as the smaller Marie Glacier.[2][1]

Map of Northwestern Greenland

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Academy Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  2. ^ Greenland’s Leidy Glacier; NASA Earth Observatory
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