Morris Jesup Glacier
Morris Jesup Gletscher
Map showing the location of Morris Jesup Glacier
Map showing the location of Morris Jesup Glacier
Location within Greenland
TypeTidal outlet glacier
LocationGreenland
Coordinates77°56′N 70°54′W / 77.933°N 70.900°W / 77.933; -70.900
Width5 km (3.1 mi)
TerminusUnnamed fjord
Smith Sound
Baffin Bay
StatusRetreating[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]

Geography

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]

Map of Northwestern Greenland

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