Ryder Glacier (), is one of the major glaciers in northern Greenland.Contribution to the glaciology of northern Greenland - UCI ESS
This glacier was first mapped by Lauge Koch in 1917 during Knud Rasmussen's 1916–1918 Second Thule Expedition to north Greenland and was named after Danish Arctic explorer Carl Ryder.
Geography The Ryder Glacier originates in the Greenland Ice Cap. It is roughly north–south oriented and has its terminus at the head of the Sherard Osborn Fjord between Permin Land and Warming Land. It is 30 km long and is a floating tongue within the fjord.Ryder Glacier, Northern Greenland Transient snowline riseIce flow of Humboldt, Petermann and Ryder Gletscher, northern Greenland - Journal of Glaciology 45 (150):231-241 · June 1999
Bibliography Anthony K. Higgins, North Greenland Glacier Velocities and Calf Ice Production
See also List of glaciers in Greenland
References
External links A Mini-Surge on the Ryder Glacier, Greenland, Observed by Satellite Radar Interferometry Arctic Sea Ice Forum