Daugaard-Jensen Glacier
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The Daugaard-Jensen Glacier is a large glacier located on the southeast coast of Greenland.
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Daugaard-Jensen Glacier | |
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Location | Greenland |
Coordinates | 71°46′N 29°15′W |
Area | 50,150 km2 |
Terminus | Nordvestfjord, Greenland Sea |
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The glacier was first mapped in 1933 by Lauge Koch during aerial surveys made during the 1931–34 Three-year Expedition to East Greenland (Treårsekspeditionen). It is named in honour of Niels Daugaard-Jensen, who was head of the Greenland department under the Danish Ministry of State and former governor (Landsfoged) of Northern Greenland.[1]