Ryder Glacier (Greenland)

This article is about the glacier in Greenland. For the glacier in Antarctica, see Ryder Glacier.

Ryder Glacier (Danish: Ryder Gletscher), is one of the major glaciers in northern Greenland.

Ryder Glacier
Ryder Gletscher
The Ryder Glacier with its melt ponds in a NASA picture
Location within Greenland
Type	Tidal outlet glacier
Location	Greenland
Coordinates	81°38′N 49°10′W
Length	80 km (50 mi)
Width	19 km (12 mi)
Terminus	Sherard Osborn Fjord; Lincoln Sea

This glacier was first mapped by Lauge Koch in 1917 during Knud Rasmussen's 1916-1918 Second Thule Expedition to north Greenland and was named after Danish Arctic explorer Carl Ryder.

Geography

The Ryder Glacier originates in the Greenland Ice Cap. It is roughly north–south oriented and has its terminus at the head of the Sherard Osborn Fjord between Permin Land and Warming Land. It is 30 km long and is a floating tongue within the fjord.

Map of part of Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland.

Bibliography

• Anthony K. Higgins, North Greenland Glacier Velocities and Calf Ice Production

See also

• List of glaciers in Greenland

External links

• A Mini-Surge on the Ryder Glacier, Greenland, Observed by Satellite Radar Interferometry
• Arctic Sea Ice Forum