Wordie Glacier | |
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Wordie Gletscher | |
![]() View of the Wordie Glacier terminus with its small terminal moraine | |
Location | Greenland |
Coordinates | 74°15′N 23°3′W / 74.250°N 23.050°W |
Length | 80 km |
Width | 9 km |
Terminus | Godthab Gulf North Atlantic Ocean |
Wordie Glacier (Danish: Wordie Gletscher) is a glacier in northeastern Greenland. It has its terminus on the east coast of the Greenland ice sheet.
This glacier was named after Scottish polar explorer James Wordie (1890–1962) by the 1926–27 expedition led by Lauge Koch.[1]