Humboldt Glacier
Humboldt Glacier is one of the major glaciers in northern Greenland. The glacier is named after German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt and is the widest tidewater glacier in the Northern Hemisphere.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 335 metres
- Description: glacier in Greenland
- Also known as: “Humboldt Brae”
Humboldt Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: Avannaata, Greenland, North America
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Humboldt Glacier” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Humboldt glaziarra”
- Catalan: “glacera de Humboldt”
- Catalan: “Glacera de Humboldt”
- Cebuano: “Humboldt Gletscher”
- Danish: “Humboldt Gletscher”
- Dutch: “Humboldt Glacier”
- French: “glacier de Humboldt”
- French: “glacier Humboldt”
- French: “Glacier Humboldt”
- German: “Humboldt Gletsjer”
- Kalaallisut: “Sermersuaq”
- Slovenian: “Humboldtov ledenik”
- Swedish: “Humboldtglaciären”
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