The

Knud Rasmussen Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen (; 7 June 1879 – 21 December 1933) was a Greenlandic–Danish polar explorer and anthropologist. He has been called the "father of Eskimology" (now often known as Inuit Studies or Greenlandic and Arctic Studies ...

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 1 ...

(sometimes referred to as "the world's largest ice machine"). 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 Chamberlin Glacier, 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 Wolstenho ...

. The Knud Rasmussen Glacier is over in length and is approximately in width.

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