Charpentierbreen is a glacier in
Nathorst Land at
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 Norw ...
,
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 ...
. It is named after Swiss geologist
Jean de Charpentier
Jean de Charpentier or Johann von Charpentier (8 December 1786 – 12 December 1855) was a German-Swiss geologist who studied Swiss glaciers. He was born in Freiberg, Saxony, Germany and died in Bex, Switzerland. Life
After following in his f ...
. The glacier has a length of about four kilometers, and is located within the mountain range of
Törnbohmfjella, flowing eastwards from the peak of
Såta down to the valley of
Davisdalen. The mountain of
Venetzhumpen separates Charpentierbreen from
Venetzbreen.
References
Glaciers of Spitsbergen
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