Leidy Glacier

Leidy Glacier
Leidy Gletscher
Leidy Glacier as seen during an Operation IceBridge flight on 22 March 2017. Credit:NASA/Nathan Kurtz
Location within Greenland
TypeTidal outlet glacier
LocationGreenland
Coordinates77°16′N 66°2′W / 77.267°N 66.033°W / 77.267; -66.033
Width4 km (2.5 mi)
TerminusAcademy Fjord
Inglefield Fjord
Baffin Bay
StatusRetreating

Leidy Glacier (Danish: Leidy Gletscher), is a glacier in northwestern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.

This glacier was named by Robert Peary after paleontologist, parasitologist, and anatomist Joseph Leidy (1823 – 1891), member of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences.