Kjerulf glacier
| Kjerulf glacier | ||
|---|---|---|
 The Kjerulf glacier on the Beerenberg |
||
| location | Jan Mayen | |
| Mountains | Beerenberg | |
| Type | Outlet glacier | |
| length | 6.4 km | |
| surface | 5.8 km² | |
| Altitude range | 2140 moh. - 0 moh. | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 7 '9 " N , 8 ° 7' 42" W | |
|
||
The Kjerulf Glacier ( Norwegian Kjerulfbreen ) is an outlet glacier on the island of Jan Mayen, which is politically part of Norway . It was named after the Norwegian geologist Theodor Kjerulf by Henrik Mohn , head of the Norwegian North Sea Expedition 1876–1878 .
The Kjerulf glacier begins at the outer rim of the Beerenberg crater on the slope of the Hakluyttoppen. On the flank of this northernmost active volcano on earth, it flows - limited by the Trollstigen in the west and the Svend Foyn glacier and the Kvalnosa ridge in the east - in steep cascades to the coast. After 6.4 km and an altitude difference of over 2000 m, he calves directly into the sea. The Kjerulf Glacier and its two neighbors, the Weyprecht Glacier in the west and the Svend Foyn Glacier in the east, are the most active glaciers on the island.
Web links
- Kjerulfbreen . In: The Place Names of Svalbard (first edition 1942). Norsk Polarinstitutt , Oslo 2001, ISBN 82-90307-82-9 (English, Norwegian).
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Olav Orheim: Glaciers of Europe - Glaciers of Jan Mayen, Norway . In: Richard S. Williams, Jr., Jane G. Ferrigno (Eds.): Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers of The World (= US Geological Survey Professional Paper. 1386-E-6). 1993, pp. E153 – E164 ( limited preview in Google book search).
- ^ Robert P. Sharp: Glaciers in the Arctic . In: Arctic . Vol. 9, No. 1 and 2, pp. 78-117, doi : 10.14430 / arctic3789
- ↑ JN Jennings: Glacier Retreat in Jan Mayen (PDF; 8.28 MB). In: Journal of Glaciology . Vol. 1, 1947, pp. 167-172 and 178-181.