Leidy Glacier
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Leidy Glacier (Danish: Leidy Gletscher), is a glacier in northwestern Greenland.[2] Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.
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Leidy Gletscher | |
Type | Tidal outlet glacier |
Location | Greenland |
Coordinates | 77°16′N 66°2′W |
Width | 4 km (2.5 mi) |
Terminus | Academy Fjord Inglefield Fjord Baffin Bay |
Status | Retreating[1] |
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This glacier was named by Robert Peary after paleontologist, parasitologist, and anatomist Joseph Leidy (1823 – 1891), member of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences.[3]