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Humboldt Glacier

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Humboldt Glacier, largest tidewater glacier (a glacier that flows to the ocean and calves icebergs) in the Northern Hemisphere and one of the largest glaciers in the world. Located in northwestern Greenland, 210 miles (340 km) north-northeast of Dundas, it rises to a height of 328 feet (100 metres) and discharges into the Kane Basin along a 60-mile (100-km) front. It was discovered in 1853 by an American expedition headed by Elisha Kent Kane.

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