Waltershausen Glacier
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View of the wide Waltershausen Glacier
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 Location within Greenland
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| Type | Piedmont glacier |
| Location | Greenland |
| Coordinates | 73°54′N 24°25′W / 73.900°N 24.417°WCoordinates: 73°54′N 24°25′W / 73.900°N 24.417°W |
| Width | 10 km |
| Terminus |
Nordfjord North Atlantic Ocean |
Waltershausen Glacier (Danish: Waltershausen Gletscher) is one of the major glaciers in Greenland. It has its terminus on the east coast of the Greenland ice sheet. This glacier was named after German geologist Wolfgang Sartorius von Waltershausen by the Second German North Polar Expedition led by Carl Koldewey that first surveyed and partially explored the Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord in 1869–70.
The Waltershausen Glacier flows from the NW between Strindberg Land and Hudson Land into the head of the Nordfjord, a branch of the Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord, one of the largest fjords in East Greenland. The Waltershausen Nunatak is a large nunatak in the upper section of the glacier and Bartholin Land is a land area on the northern side.
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