Morris Jesup Glacier ( da, Morris Jesup Gletscher, is a

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#Glaciology, ablation over many years, often Century, centuries. It acquires dis ...

in northwestern

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 ...

.Geographical Names - A.P. Bernstorf Gletscher: Greenland
/ref> Administratively it belongs to the

Avannaata Avannaata (, da, Det Nordlige, lit=The Northern) is a municipality of Greenland created on 1 January 2018 from the bulk of the former Qaasuitsup municipality. It encompasses an area of 522,700 km2 and has 10,726 inhabitants. Geography In ...

municipality. This glacier was named by

Robert Peary Robert Edwin Peary Sr. (; May 6, 1856 – February 20, 1920) was an American explorer and officer in the United States Navy who made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best known for, in Apri ...

after American industrialist-philanthropist Morris K. Jesup, president of the

Peary Arctic Club The Peary Arctic Club was an American-based club with the goal of promoting the Arctic expeditions of Robert Peary (1856–1920). This association of influential persons was able to overcome the opposition of the U.S. Navy Department to grant th ...

, who helped finance Peary's expeditions.

Geography

The Morris Jesup Glacier discharges from the

Greenland Ice Sheet The Greenland ice sheet ( da, Grønlands indlandsis, kl, Sermersuaq) is a vast body of ice covering , roughly near 80% of the surface of Greenland. It is sometimes referred to as an ice cap, or under the term ''inland ice'', or its Danish equiva ...

at the head of an unnamed fjord located just to the north of

Cape Robertson Cape Robertson is a cape which marks the west side of the entrance to Jessie Bay, in the north-west part of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. It lies east of Route Point at the north end of Mackenzie Peninsula. On ...

in the

Smith Sound Smith Sound ( da, Smith Sund; french: Détroit de Smith) is an uninhabited Arctic sea passage between Greenland and Canada's northernmost island, Ellesmere Island. It links Baffin Bay with Kane Basin and forms part of the Nares Strait. On the ...

area.T. C. Chamberlin, ''Glacial Studies in Greenland.'' The Journal of Geology Vol. 5, No. 3 (Apr. - May, 1897), pp. 229-240. Published by: The University of Chicago Press
/ref> The glacier flows roughly from NE to SW.The recent regimen of the ice cap margin in North Greenland
/ref> The Diebitsch Glacier is located to the northwest, beyond Cape Saumarez, and

Siorapaluup Kangerlua Siorapaluup Kangerlua, also known as Robertson Fjord and Robertson Bay, is a fjord in northern Greenland. To the southwest, the fjord opens into the Murchison Sound of the Baffin Bay.GoogleEarth Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipa ...

to the southeast, around Cape Robertson.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute,'' p. 90

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Earthquake Archive: past quakes in or near Morris Jesup GletscherIdentifying Spatial Variability in Greenland's Outlet Glacier Response to Ocean HeatSeasonal ice-speed variations in 10 marine-terminating outlet glaciers along the coast of Prudhoe Land, northwestern Greenland
Glaciers of Greenland {{Greenland-geo-stub

Geography

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