Great Penck Glacier

{{Short description|Glacier in Tanzania}}

{{Infobox glacier

| name = Great Penck Glacier

| photo = Kilimanjaro Glaciers.jpg

| photo_caption = NASA image from 2004 with locations of major glaciers on Mount Kilimanjaro. Great Penck Glacier is not shown as it disappeared by the end of the 20th century. Click on image to expand.

| type = Mountain glacier

| location = Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

| coords = {{coord|03|03|27|S|37|20|18|E|type:glacier}}

| area =

| length =

| thickness =

| terminus = Barren rock

| status = Extinct

| map = Tanzania#Africa

| label_position = top

| map_caption =Location in Tanzania

| embedded = {{Infobox mapframe |wikidata=yes |zoom=9|coord={{WikidataCoord|display=i}}}}

}}

Great Penck Glacier was on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, on the west slope of the peak.{{cite web|last1=Young|first1=James A.T.|title=Glaciers of the Middle East and Africa - Glaciers of Africa|url=http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1386g/africa.pdf|publisher=U. S. Geological Survey|accessdate=October 15, 2014|format=pdf|date=1991}} Extending from the Northern Ice Field, the glacier once flowed {{convert|2.4|km}}, to an elevation of {{convert|4750|m}}. Between the years 1962 and 1975, Great Penck Glacier separated from the Northern Icefield and disappeared.{{cite journal|author1=N. J. Cullen|author2=P. Sirguey|author3=T. M¨olg|author4=G. Kaser|author5=M. Winkler|author6=S. J. Fitzsimons|title=A century of ice retreat on Kilimanjaro: the mapping reloaded|journal=The Cryosphere|date=2013|volume=7|pages=419–431|doi=10.5194/tc-7-419-2013|url=http://www.the-cryosphere.net/7/419/2013/tc-7-419-2013.pdf|format=pdf|doi-access=free}} Drygalski Glacier once also existed to the north of Great Penck, while the same is true of the Little Penck Glacier, which was to the south.