Bertelsen Glacier
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Bertelsen Glacier

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Bertelsen Glacier is a valley glacier in northern Greenland's Peary Land, within Northeast Greenland National Park. One of eastern Peary Land's main glaciers, it lies among the easternmost Roosevelt Range, between the H. H. Benedict Range and the Daly Range, and joins Moore Glacier from the northeast. In this remote high Arctic mountain landscape, glaciers have shaped the terrain between the ranges. The glacier was not seen by Robert Peary in 1902, although that expedition mapped neighboring Moore Glacier. Lauge Koch accurately mapped Bertelsen Glacier in May 1938 during an aerial survey. It was named for Aage Bertelsen and later hosted an automatic weather station from 2006 to 2010.
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