page_title: Drygalski Glacier (Tanzania)
hierarchical_section_title: Drygalski Glacier (Tanzania)
caption_attribution_description: Image altered to locate glaciers on top of Mount Kilimanjaro. NASA image from 2004. Most areas that are not identified are either small remnant glaciers, or snowfields. In the northern icefields, both Credner and Drygalski glaciers were once outflow glaciers of the icefield but may longer exist, per se. Much information to help locate which glacier is which was taken from the USGS report and a 1980 NASA image on page G61 of this report
context_page_description: Drygalski Glacier was on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, on the northwest slope of the peak. The glacier terminus once extended to an elevation of 4,800 metres with an origination point near the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro and was fed by the Northern Ice Field. The Great Penck Glacier once flanked Drygalski Glacier to the south and until recently, the Credner Glacier did as well to the north. Drygalski Glacier is named for German geographer Erich von Drygalski.
context_section_description: Drygalski Glacier was on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, on the northwest slope of the peak. The glacier terminus once extended to an elevation of 4,800 metres (15,700 ft) with an origination point near the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro and was fed by the Northern Ice Field. The Great Penck Glacier once flanked Drygalski Glacier to the south and until recently, the Credner Glacier did as well to the north. Drygalski Glacier is named for German geographer Erich von Drygalski.
caption: NASA image from 2004 with locations of major glaciers on Mount Kilimanjaro. Drygalski Glacier is at upper left. Click on image to expand.
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