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Agardhelva is a river forming the border between
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, ...
and Heer Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It flows through the valley of Agardhdalen, from the glaciers Elfenbeinbreen and
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 i ...
, ending into the bay Agardhbukta at the western side of Storfjorden. The river is named after botanist
Jacob Georg Agardh Jacob Georg Agardh (8 December 1813 in Lund, Sweden – 17 January 1901 in Lund, Sweden) was a Swedish botanist, phycologist, and taxonomist. He was the son of Carl Adolph Agardh, and from 1854 until 1879 was professor of botany at Lund Univer ...
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