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Brånevatnet ("Melting lake") is a lake at
Nordaustlandet Nordaustlandet (sometimes translated as North East Land) is the second-largest island in the archipelago of Svalbard, Norway, with an area of . It lies north east of Spitsbergen, separated by Hinlopen Strait. Much of Nordaustlandet lies under la ...
, Svalbard. It is located between
Winsnesbreen Winsnesbreen is a glacier on Nordaustlandet, Svalbard, situated between Etonbreen and Helvetesflya. It is named after the geologist Thore Schanke Winsnes. The lake of Brånevatnet is located between Winsnesbreen and Oxfordhalvøya at the head of ...
and Oxfordhalvøya, to the north of
Etonbreen Etonbreen is a glacier on Nordaustlandet, Svalbard. The glacier debouches into Wahlenbergfjorden. It is named after Eton College Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under th ...
. The river of Oxfordelva flows from Brånevatnet through Oxfordhalvøya and
debouch In hydrology, a debouch (or debouche) is a place where runoff from a small, confined space discharges into a larger, broader body of water. The word is derived from the French verb ''déboucher'' (), which means "to unblock, to clear". The term ...
es into Bodleybukta.


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Lakes of Svalbard Nordaustlandet {{Nordaustlandet-geo-stub