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Humboldt Glacier, or Humboldt Gletscher, is a major glacier in northern Greenland along Kane Basin in the island’s far northwest. It lines the coast of Peabody Bay, with the McGary Islands offshore near its southern end. Named for Alexander von Humboldt, it is especially significant for its immense size: its front is about 110 kilometers, or 68 miles, wide, making it the widest tidewater glacier in the Northern Hemisphere. Observations from 1975 to 2010 showed the glacier retreating, reflecting the broader changes affecting Greenland’s ice margins.
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