A. Harmsworth Glacier or Alfred Harmsworth Glacier () is a glacier in northern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.
The glacier was named by Robert Peary after British newspaper magnate Alfred Harmsworth, who had gifted him expedition ship "Windward" following a lecture on Polar exploration Peary gave at the Royal Geographical Society in 1897.Daniel E. Harmon, Robert Peary. 2013
Geography The A. Harmsworth Glacier is flowing roughly to the NW and has its terminus at the head of the Benedict Fjord. It fills most of the inner fjord.Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 96 Gertrud Rask Land lies on its eastern side and Roosevelt Land in the west. The glacier has a velocity of per year.A. K. Higgins - North Greenland glacier velocities and calf ice production
The peaks of the Roosevelt Range rise on both sides and at the head of the A. Harmsworth Glacier. To the east some peaks rise to heights above . The A. Harmsworth Glacier is one of the large glaciers in the area.Geographical Items on North Greenland Encyclopedia Arctica 14
See also List of glaciers in Greenland Peary Land
References
External links 83° 35' 56" N 36° 47' 32" W Fjord Gletcher. The northernmost calving glacier