Kjerulf Glacier | |
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Kjerulfbreen | |
Location of
Jan Mayen | |
Type | Piedmont glacier |
Location | Jan Mayen |
Coordinates | 71°7′9″N 8°7′42″W / 71.11917°N 8.12833°W |
Area | 5.8 km2 (2.2 sq mi) [1] |
Length | 6.4 km (4.0 mi) |
Terminus | North Atlantic Ocean |
Kjerulf Glacier ( Norwegian: Kjerulfbreen) is a glacier in Jan Mayen. [2] It begins at the Hakluyttoppen slope, in the outer crater edge of the Beerenberg. The Kjerulf Glacier and both its neighbors, the Weyprecht Glacier in the west and the Svend-Foyn Glacier in the east, are the most active glaciers in the island. [3] [4]
The glacier was named after Norwegian geologist Theodor Kjerulf (1825–88), founder of the Geological Survey of Norway, during the Norwegian North-Atlantic Expedition 1876-1878 led by Henrik Mohn. [5]
Kjerulf Glacier | |
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Kjerulfbreen | |
Location of
Jan Mayen | |
Type | Piedmont glacier |
Location | Jan Mayen |
Coordinates | 71°7′9″N 8°7′42″W / 71.11917°N 8.12833°W |
Area | 5.8 km2 (2.2 sq mi) [1] |
Length | 6.4 km (4.0 mi) |
Terminus | North Atlantic Ocean |
Kjerulf Glacier ( Norwegian: Kjerulfbreen) is a glacier in Jan Mayen. [2] It begins at the Hakluyttoppen slope, in the outer crater edge of the Beerenberg. The Kjerulf Glacier and both its neighbors, the Weyprecht Glacier in the west and the Svend-Foyn Glacier in the east, are the most active glaciers in the island. [3] [4]
The glacier was named after Norwegian geologist Theodor Kjerulf (1825–88), founder of the Geological Survey of Norway, during the Norwegian North-Atlantic Expedition 1876-1878 led by Henrik Mohn. [5]