[1] Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.

[2] The glacier was mapped with accuracy by Lauge Koch during an aerial survey in May 1938.

It had previously not been seen by Robert Peary during his 1902 exploration of the area that put the adjacent Moore Glacier in the map.

[3][4] The glacier was named in honour of Aage Bertelsen, who had taken part in the 1906–1908 Danmark Expedition.

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