Academy Glacier ( or Academy Brae), is one of the major glaciers in northern Greenland.
It was named in 1892 after the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia by Robert PearyPeary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920, Northward over the great ice: a narrative of life and work along the shores and upon the interior ice-cap of northern Greenland in the years 1886 and 1891-1897, with a description of the little tribe of Smith Sound Eskimos, the most northerly human beings in the world, and an account of the discovery and bringing home of the Saviksue or great Cape York meteorites,1898 during his expedition to north Greenland.Independence Fjord, Peary, and the First Thule Expedition
This glacier forms the geographical limit between Peary Land and King Frederick VIII Land.
Geography The Academy Glacier is roughly northeast–southwest oriented and has its terminus at the head of the Independence Fjord. Navy Cliff rises north of the last stretch of the fjord beyond which lies the smaller Marie Sophie Glacier.U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, Volume 1386, Part 3, figure 41 J.C. Christensen Land lies to the east and Vildtland lies to the northwest. Gletscher Cape is a headland located east of the glacier terminus.Kap Gletscher
See also List of glaciers in Greenland Cartographic expeditions to Greenland Peary Channel
References
External links Contribution to the glaciology of northern Greenland - UCI ESS