Hurlbut Glacier


Hurlbut Glacier, is a glacier in northwestern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.
This glacier was named by Robert Peary after Geoge Hurlbut, secretary and librarian of the American Geographical Society.

Geography

The Hurlbut Glacier is an ice cap located between Olrik Fjord and Inglefield Fjord with an outlet that flows roughly from south to north. The outlet has its terminus in the southern shore of the mid Inglefield Fjord. In recent times it has retreated by less than per year.