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Ryder Glacier, also known as Ryder Gletscher, is a major outlet glacier in northern Greenland. Flowing from the Greenland Ice Cap to the head of Sherard Osborn Fjord between Permin Land and Warming Land, it forms part of the connection between the ice cap and the coast. First mapped in 1917 by Lauge Koch during Knud Rasmussen’s Second Thule Expedition, it was named for Danish Arctic explorer Carl Ryder. About 30 kilometers long, the glacier is notable for its floating tongue within the fjord at its terminus and has drawn satellite-based study, including observations of a mini-surge.
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