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Peary Glacier
Peary Gletscher
Map showing the location of Peary Glacier
Map showing the location of Peary Glacier
Location within Greenland
TypeTidewater glacier
LocationNW Greenland
Coordinates76°7′N 60°28′W / 76.117°N 60.467°W / 76.117; -60.467
Width6 km (3.7 mi)
TerminusMelville Bay
StatusRetreating[1]

Peary Glacier (Danish: Peary Gletscher), is a glacier in north west Greenland.[2] Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.

This glacier was named after US Arctic explorer Robert Peary (1856 - 1920).

  1. ^ Mark Nuttall, Climate, Society and Subsurface Politics in Greenland: Under the Great Ice
  2. ^ "Peary Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 20 June 2019.

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