Humboldt Glacier ( da, Humboldt Gletscher) is one of the major

glacier A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires distinguishing features, such as ...

s in northern

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 i ...

. The glacier is named after German naturalist

Alexander von Humboldt Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 17696 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science. He was the younger brother of the Prussian minister, ...

and is the widest

tidewater glacier The tidewater glacier cycle is the typically centuries-long behavior of tidewater glaciers that consists of recurring periods of advance alternating with rapid retreat and punctuated by periods of stability. During portions of its cycle, a tidewate ...

in the Northern Hemisphere.

Geography

The Humboldt Glacier borders the Kane Basin in North West

. Its front is wide. It has been retreating in the period of observation spanning 1975–2010. Humboldt Glacier fringes the coast of

Peabody Bay Peabody Bay ( da, Peabody Bugt) is a large bay in northwestern Greenland. Administratively it is part of Avannaata municipality. Geography Peabody Bay is located on the eastern side of the Kane Basin off the western end of the Humboldt Glacier. Ca ...

from north to south. The McGary Islands lie off the glacier at the southern end of the bay.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 88

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* Glaciers of Greenland {{arctic-stub

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