The Hoffellsj�kull outlet glacier was the scene of extensive research by glaciologists in the early part of the 20th century.
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The main goal was to increase the understanding about potential pathways of relative warmer water influx towards Greenland s many outlet glaciers.
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Like rivers flowing from an enormous lake, numerous outlet glaciers transport ice from the margins of the ice sheet to the ocean.
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The best known of these outlet glaciers is Jakobshavn Glacier ( ), which, at its terminus, flows at speeds of per day.
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Valley glaciers can be outlet glaciers that provide drainage for icefields, icecaps or icesheets and they are also constrained by underlying topography.
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One of the more accessible in the Canadian Rockies is the Athabasca Glacier, which is an outlet glacier of the Columbia Icefield.
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The WAIS is bounded by the Ross Ice Shelf, the Ronne Ice Shelf, and outlet glaciers that drain into the Amundsen Sea.
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The south side of Vatnaj�kull is characterised by many high, majestic mountain ridges, with outlet glaciers descending between them onto the lowlands.
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The Quelccaya Ice Cap is the largest tropical icecap in the world, and all of the outlet glaciers from the icecap are retreating.
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The acceleration of the rate of retreat since 1995 of key outlet glaciers of the rise in sea level, which would affect coastal regions.
