Dodge Glacier
Dodge Gletscher
View of the Dodge Glacier
Map showing the location of Dodge Glacier
Map showing the location of Dodge Glacier
Location within Greenland
TypeTidal outlet glacier
LocationGreenland
Coordinates78°12′N 72°42′W / 78.200°N 72.700°W / 78.200; -72.700
Width4 km (2.5 mi)
TerminusSmith Sound
Baffin Bay
StatusRetreating

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

The glacier was named by Isaac Israel Hayes (1832 – 1881) after expedition member Henry W. Dodge during the American Arctic Expedition of 1860 – 1861.[1]

Geography

The Dodge Glacier has its terminus in the Smith Sound, east of Cape Alexander (Ullersuaq), north of the Storm Glacier. The Dodge and Storm glaciers don't discharge directly from the Greenland Ice Sheet, but from an ice cap located at the southwestern end of Inglefield Land which is attached to the Ice Sheet from the southeast.[1][2]

In the same manner as the neighboring Storm Glacier, the Dodge Glacier has retreated significantly in recent years.[3]

Map of Northwestern Greenland

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