Hans Tausen Ice Cap
Hans Tausen Ice Cap is an ice cap in Peary Land, northern Greenland. Ice cores show it is around 3500–4000 years old. It formed since the Holocene climatic optimum of 6000-8000 BP.Geography
The ice cap is located south of the De Long Fjord area and east of Freuchen Land, across the inner J.P. Koch Fjord, and west of Odin Fjord. It is about 100 km from north to south and 80 km from east to west and sits on a 1300 m high plateau.
The Hans Tausen Ice Cap is the source of many glaciers, including Ymer Glacier, Lur Glacier and the Tjalfe Glacier. It is a well studied ice cap, and is important to understanding the Holocene climatic optimum.
