Hutchinson Glacier

The Hutchinson Glacier (Danish: Hutchinson Gletscher) is a large active glacier on the east coast of the Greenland ice sheet.[1]

Hutchinson Glacier
Hutchinson Gletscher
Crown Prince Frederick Range map section with the Hutchinson Glacier in the northeast
Location within Greenland
LocationSermersooq, Greenland
Coordinates68°7′N 32°55′W
TerminusKangerlussuaq Fjord,
North Atlantic Ocean

This glacier was named after American aviator George R. Hutchinson who crash-landed and was stranded in the area in 1932 during an attempted around-the-world flight with his family and was rescued and brought to Ammasalik by a fishing trawler.[2]

Geography

The Hutchinson Glacier flows north of the Crown Prince Frederick Range from the Hutchinson Plateau in the northwest in a roughly eastern direction with an average elevation of 1,050 m (3,440 ft).

The terminus of the glacier is in the southern side of the mouth of the Kangerlussuaq Fjord, the second largest fjord in East Greenland.[3][4]

This glacier is located in the Sermersooq municipality.

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