Liestølbreen is a glacier complex in

Torell Land Torell Land is a land area at the southeast part of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is named after Otto Martin Torell. Two glaciers, Hornbreen and Hambergbreen, divide Torell Land from Sørkapp Land. Torell Land is included in the Sør-Spitsbergen Nati ...

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 Norwegian glaciologist

Olav Liestøl Olav Liestøl (24 February 1916 – 3 April 2002) was a Norwegian glaciologist. He was born in Kristiania as a son of folklorist and politician Knut Liestøl, but grew up in Blommenholm. He was a member of Milorg during the occupation of N ...

. The glacier is situated between the mountains of

Arrheniusfjellet Arrheniusfjellet is a mountain in Torell Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is named after Swedish physicist Svante Arrhenius. The mountain has a height of 883 m.a.s.l. and is located at the head of Van Keulenfjorden. The glacier of Vindbreen ...

and Wijkberget. The glaciers of

Krøkjebreen Krøkjebreen ("The Bent Glacier") is a glacier in Torell Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of nine kilometers. Krøkjebreen is part of the Liestølbreen glacier complex, situated between the mountains of Arrheniusfjellet Arrheniusf ...

and

Glasiologbreen Glasiologbreen ("glaciologist glacier") is a glacier in Torell Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The glacier has a length of five kilometers, and is situated between the mountains of Gerdnuten and Wijkberget. Glasiologbreen is part of the Liestølbre ...

belong to the Liestølbreen complex.

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