Chamberlin Glacier (Greenland)
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The Chamberlin Glacier is located in the far northwest of
Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is t ...
, to the north of the
Thule Air Base Thule Air Base (pronounced or , kl, Qaanaaq Mitarfik, da, Thule Lufthavn), or Thule Air Base/Pituffik Airport , is the United States Space Force's northernmost base, and the northernmost installation of the U.S. Armed Forces, located north o ...
. It is one of four large glaciers which feeds the
Wolstenholme Fjord Wolstenholme Fjord ( kl, Uummannap Kangerlua) is a fjord in Avannaata municipality, Northwest Greenland. It is located to the north of the Thule Air Base and adjacent to the abandoned Inuit settlement of Narsaarsuk. The area was contaminated in ...
. The other glaciers are the
Salisbury Glacier The Salisbury Glacier ( kl, Pinguarsuit Sermiat) is a glacier in Greenland. Geography This glacier is located in the far northwest of Greenland, to the north of the Thule Air Base. It is one of four large glaciers which feeds the Wolstenholme Fj ...
, the
Knud Rasmussen Glacier The Knud Rasmussen Glacier is located in the far northwest of Greenland, to the north of the Thule Air Base. It is one of four large glaciers which feeds the Wolstenholme Fjord (sometimes referred to as "the world's largest ice machine"). The other ...
, and the
Harald Moltke Glacier The Harald Moltke Glacier ( kl, Sermersuak) is a glacier in Greenland. Geography The Harald Moltke Glacier is located in the far northwest of Greenland, to the north of the Thule Air Base. It is one of four large glaciers which feeds the Wolstenh ...
.See "Further reading" - article by Steven J. Mock The Chamberlin Glacier is the longest of the four glaciers (over in length) and is approximately in width.


See also

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List of glaciers in Greenland This is a list of glaciers in Greenland. Details on the size and flow of some of the major Greenlandic glaciers are listed by Eric Rignot and Pannir Kanagaratnam (2006) Ice sheets and caps *Greenland Ice Sheet * Christian Erichsen Ice Cap * Fla ...


Further reading

* Steven J. Mock,
Fluctuations of the terminus of the Moltke Glacier
', Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.), P 2 * Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring,
ANNUAL REPORT CARDS 2018
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References

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