Steensby Glacier () is a major glacier in northern Greenland.Geonames - Steensby Gletscher Contribution to the glaciology of northern Greenland - UCI ESS
This glacier was first mapped in 1917 during Knud Rasmussen's 1916–1918 Second Thule Expedition to north Greenland and was named after Danish ethnologist Hans Peder Steensby.
Geography The Steensby Glacier originates in the Greenland Ice Sheet. It is roughly north–south oriented and has its terminus between Nyeboe Land and Warming Land at the head of the Saint George Fjord. The fjord is free from ice in the summer, and the glacier forms a floating tongue within the fjord that has shrunk since it was measured in 1963.The Terminal Disintegration of Steensby Gletscher, North GreenlandU.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, Volume 1386, Part 3, figure 37
Bibliography Anthony K. Higgins, North Greenland Glacier Velocities and Calf Ice Production See also List of glaciers in Greenland References
External links Steensby Glacier Calving Event and Retreat, Northern Greenland