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Hellefonna
Hellefonna is a glaciated area in Sabine Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is located between Kjellströmdalen and Sassendalen, and comprises several smaller glaciers, including Jinnbreen, Innerbreen, Marmorbreen, Skruisbreen and Sveigbreen. The area is named after topographer Sigurd Gunnarson Helle. See also *List of glaciers in Svalbard This is a list of glaciers in Svalbard. It includes glaciers and ice caps in Svalbard, Norway. List of glaciers and ice caps Ice caps * Austfonna *Biscayarfonna *Glitnefonna * Lomonosovfonna * Løvenskioldfonna * Valhallfonna *Vegafonna * Ves ... References Glaciers of Spitsbergen {{Spitsbergen-glacier-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigurd Gunnarson Helle
Sigurd Gunnarson Helle (6 September 1920 – 21 April 2013) was a Norwegian topographer and explorer. He was born in Hylestad. He graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.mag. degree in 1948. He was a research assistant for Carl Størmer, and was hired as a geodesist at the Norwegian Polar Institute in 1949. He did field work at Jan Mayen and Svalbard, but is best known for leading the Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition to Queen Maud Land in 1956–1960. He retired in 1987. The Helle Slope and the Sigurd Knolls in Antarctica are named for him. Hellefonna, a glaciated area in Sabine Land Sabine Land ( ) is a land area on the east coast of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is named after explorer General Sir Edward Sabine. Among the glaciers in the area is the Nordmannsfonna Nordmannsfonna is a glacier in Sabine Land at Spitsbergen, ... at Spitsbergen, is also named after Helle. References 1920 births 2013 deaths People from Valle, Norway University of O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skruisbreen
Skruisbreen is a glacier in Sabine Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about seven kilometers, and is a branch of Hellefonna. A nearby mountain is Kropotkinfjellet Kropotkinfjellet is a mountain in Sabine Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has an extension of about seven kilometers, with two glaciated peaks, and is located between the glaciers of Sveigbreen Sveigbreen is a glacier stream in Sabine Land Sabi .... References Glaciers of Spitsbergen {{Spitsbergen-glacier-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sveigbreen
Sveigbreen is a glacier stream in Sabine Land Sabine Land ( ) is a land area on the east coast of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is named after explorer General Sir Edward Sabine. Among the glaciers in the area is the Nordmannsfonna Nordmannsfonna is a glacier in Sabine Land at Spitsbergen, ... at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about eleven kilometers, and extends the southern part of the ice cap Hellefonna, south of Kropotkinfjellet. The glacier is one of the two main sources to the river Agardhelva, which flows through Agardhdalen towards Agardhbukta. References Glaciers of Spitsbergen {{Spitsbergen-glacier-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Glaciers In Svalbard
This is a list of glaciers in Svalbard. It includes glaciers and ice caps in Svalbard, Norway. List of glaciers and ice caps Ice caps * Austfonna *Biscayarfonna *Glitnefonna * Lomonosovfonna * Løvenskioldfonna * Valhallfonna *Vegafonna * Vestfonna Glaciers *Aavatsmarkbreen *Abrahamsenbreen * Adambreen * Adolfbreen * Akademikarbreen * Aldegondabreen * Angelbreen * Antoniabreen * Arbobreen * Arlabreen * Arneliusbreen * Åsgardfonna * Austgötabreen * Austjøkulen * Bakaninbreen * Balderfonna * Barentsjøkulen * Belopol'skijbreen * Besselsbreen * Bjørlykkebreen * Bjørnbreen * Blomstrandbreen *Borebreen * Bragebreen *Bråsvellbreen * Brazybreen *Buchananisen * Buchanbreen * Bullbreen * Bungebreen *Charlesbreen * Charpentierbreen *Chauveaubreen * Chomjakovbreen * Chydeniusbreen * Comfortlessbreen * Dahlbreen * Deltabreen * Devikbreen * Dollfusbreen * Duckwitzbreen * Dunderdalsbreen * Edgeøyjøkulen * Eidembreen * Elfenbeinbreen * Erdmannbreen *Esmarkbreen * Etonbreen * Fimbul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabine Land
Sabine Land ( ) is a land area on the east coast of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is named after explorer General Sir Edward Sabine. Among the glaciers in the area is the Nordmannsfonna Nordmannsfonna is a glacier in Sabine Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The glacier covers an area of about 250 km2, is located between Sassendalen and Storfjorden, and extends from Jebensfjellet to the north to Roslagenfjellet and Eistraryggen ... glacier. References Geography of Svalbard Spitsbergen {{Spitsbergen-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen (; formerly known as West Spitsbergen; Norwegian: ''Vest Spitsbergen'' or ''Vestspitsbergen'' , also sometimes spelled Spitzbergen) is the largest and the only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway. Constituting the westernmost bulk of the archipelago, it borders the Arctic Ocean, the Norwegian Sea, and the Greenland Sea. Spitsbergen covers an area of , making it the largest island in Norway and the 36th-largest in the world. The administrative centre is Longyearbyen. Other settlements, in addition to research outposts, are the Russian mining community of Barentsburg, the research community of Ny-Ålesund, and the mining outpost of Sveagruva. Spitsbergen was covered in of ice in 1999, which was approximately 58.5% of the island's total area. The island was first used as a whaling base in the 17th and 18th centuries, after which it was abandoned. Coal mining started at the end of the 19th century, and several permanent commun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svalbard
Svalbard ( , ), also known as Spitsbergen, or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. North of mainland Europe, it is about midway between the northern coast of Norway and the North Pole. The islands of the group range from 74° to 81° north latitude, and from 10° to 35° east longitude. The largest island is Spitsbergen, followed by Nordaustlandet and . The largest settlement is Longyearbyen. The islands were first used as a base by the whalers who sailed far north in the 17th and 18th centuries, after which they were abandoned. Coal mining started at the beginning of the 20th century, and several permanent communities were established. The Svalbard Treaty of 1920 recognizes Norwegian sovereignty, and the 1925 Svalbard Act made Svalbard a full part of the Kingdom of Norway. They also established Svalbard as a free economic zone and a demilitarized zone. The Norwegian Store Norske and the Russian remain the only mining companies in place. Res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjellströmdalen
Kjellströmdalen is a valley at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about 27 kilometers, and forms the border between Nordenskiöld Land, Heer Land and Sabine Land. The valley is named after topographer Carl Johan Otto Kjellström. The valley debouches into Braganzavågen, a bay in the inner part of Van Mijenfjorden Van Mijenfjorden is the third-longest fjord in Norway's Svalbard archipelago. It lies in the southern portion of Spitsbergen island, south of Nordenskiöld Land and north of Nathorst Land. The fjord is long, being separated from Bellsund further .... References Valleys of Spitsbergen {{Spitsbergen-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sassendalen
Sassendalen is a valley at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The valley is among the largest valleys of Svalbard, and continues westwards into Sassenfjorden. Part of the valley divides Sabine Land and Nordenskiöld Land Nordenskiöld Land is the land area between Isfjorden and Van Mijenfjorden on Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The area is named after Finnish-Swedish explorer and geologist Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld. The coastal region of Nordenskiöld Land (Norde ... . The river Sassenelva runs through the valley. References Valleys of Spitsbergen {{Spitsbergen-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
