This is a list of glaciers in Svalbard. It includes
glacier
A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires distinguishing features, such as ...
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ice caps in
Svalbard,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
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List of glaciers and ice caps
Ice caps
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Austfonna
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Biscayarfonna
Biscayarfonna (''Biscay glacier'' in Nynorsk) is an ice cap in Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has an elevation of , and is located on the Haakon VII Land peninsula between Raudfjorden in the west and Breibogen bay in the east. This ice cap is named aft ...
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Glitnefonna Glitnefonna is an ice cap in Gustav Adolf Land on Nordaustlandet in the Svalbard archipelago. It is located on the peninsula Scaniahalvøya, west of the glacier Vegafonna, between the bay Palanderbukta to the northeast and Hinlopen Strait to the so ...
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Lomonosovfonna
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Løvenskioldfonna
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Valhallfonna
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Vegafonna
Vegafonna is an ice cap in Gustav Adolf Land on 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, se ...
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Vestfonna
Glaciers
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Aavatsmarkbreen Aavatsmarkbreen is a glacier in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is named after politician and military officer Ivar Aavatsmark. The glacier debouches into Forlandsundet, in the bay of Hornbækbukta. At the southern side of the glaci ...
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Abrahamsenbreen Abrahamsenbreen is a glacier in Andrée Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of fourteen kilometers, and is located in the inner part of Woodfjorddalen Woodfjorddalen is a valley in Andrée Land (Svalbard), Andrée Land at Spitsbergen, ...
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Adambreen
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Adolfbreen
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Akademikarbreen
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Aldegondabreen
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Angelbreen
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Antoniabreen
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Arbobreen
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Arlabreen
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Arneliusbreen
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Åsgardfonna
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Austgötabreen
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Austjøkulen
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Bakaninbreen
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Balderfonna
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Barentsjøkulen
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Belopol'skijbreen
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Besselsbreen
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Bjørlykkebreen
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Bjørnbreen
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Blomstrandbreen
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Borebreen
Borebreen is a glacier in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The glacier has a length of about 22 kilometers. It is located at the northwestern side of Isfjorden, west of Helsinglandryggen, flowing towards Borebukta Borebukta is a bay in Osc ...
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Bragebreen
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Bråsvellbreen Bråsvellbreen ( en, The Sudden Swell Glacier) is a glacier in Nordaustlandet, Svalbard. The glacier is a 45 kilometre long stream southwards from the ice dome Sørdomen of Austfonna, debouching into the sea on the south coast. In the late 1930s it ...
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Brazybreen
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Buchananisen
Buchananisen is a glacier in Prins Karls Forland, Svalbard. The glacier has a width of about twelve kilometers. It is split into two parts by the ridge of Buchananryggen. It is named after Arctic explorer John Young Buchanan
John Young Buchanan ...
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Buchanbreen
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Bullbreen
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Bungebreen
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Charlesbreen
Charlesbreen is a glacier in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is located between Gunnar Knudsenfjella and Vegardfjella, and debouches into St. Jonsfjorden from the south side. The length of the glacier is ten kilometers. The glacier ...
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Charpentierbreen
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Chauveaubreen Chauveaubreen is a glacier in Albert I Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The glacier is located between Renaudfjellet and Marstranderfjellet, and debouches into Ayerfjorden, the western branch of Raudfjorden
Raudfjorden (English: Red fjord) is a 20& ...
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Chomjakovbreen
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Chydeniusbreen
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Comfortlessbreen
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Dahlbreen
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Deltabreen
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Devikbreen
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Dollfusbreen
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Duckwitzbreen
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Dunderdalsbreen
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Edgeøyjøkulen
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Eidembreen
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Elfenbeinbreen
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Erdmannbreen
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Esmarkbreen
Esmarkbreen is a glacier in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is named after geologist Jens Esmark
Jens Esmark (31 January 1763 – 26 January 1839) was a Danish-Norwegian professor of mineralogy who contributed to many of the init ...
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Etonbreen
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Fimbulisen
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Fjortende Julibreen
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Flakbreen
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Foldnutfonna
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Foxfonna
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Fredfonna
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Freemanbreen
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Fridtjovbreen
Fridtjovbreen is a glacier in 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 Nordenskiö ...
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Frysjabreen Frysjabreen is a glacier in Nathorst Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about six kilometers, and extends from the ridges of Breskarvet and Kjellmanberget down to the valley of Frysjadalen. The glacier is named after the river Frys ...
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Gaffelbreen
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Garnbreen
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Gimlebreen
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Glasiologbreen
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Gråkallbreen
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Gullybreen
Gullybreen is a glacier in Albert I Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is located in the peninsula Hoelhalvøya, south of Magdalenefjorden
Magdalenefjorden is an 8 km long and up to 5 km wide fjord between Reuschhalvøya and Hoelhalv ...
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Haakenbreen
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Hakebreen
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Hambergbreen
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Hansbreen Hansbreen is a glacier in Wedel Jarlsberg Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It covers an area of about 64 km2 and has a length of fifteen kilometers. The glacier is located north of Hornsund
Hornsund is a fjord on the western side of the southernm ...
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Hayesbreen
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Hedgehogfonna
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Heksebreen
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Hellefonna
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Hinlopenbreen
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Hochstetterbreen
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Hollertoppen
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Holtedahlfonna Holtedahlfonna is a glacier at Haakon VII Land on Spitsbergen, Svalbard, between Wijdefjorden
Wijdefjord is the longest fjord in Norway's Svalbard archipelago. Wijdefjord is located in the northern portion of the island of Spitsbergen, which ...
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Hornbreen
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Hübnerbreen
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Huldrebreen
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Hydrografbreen
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Isachsenfonna
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Keilhaubreen
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Kennedybreen
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Kjerulfbreen
Kjerulfbreen (Kjerulf Glacier) is a glacier in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about 7.5 kilometers, and is debouching into the Trygghamna bay at the northern side of Isfjorden. The glacier is named after Norwegian ...
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Kongsvegen glacier
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Königsbergbreen
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Konowbreen
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Krøkjebreen
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Kronebreen
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Krylbreen
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Kumulusbreen
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Kvalpyntfonna
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Kvitbreen
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Kvitøyjøkulen
Kvitøyjøkulen is a large icecap on the island of Kvitøya
Kvitøya (English: "White Island") is an island in the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, with an area of . It is the easternmost part of the Kingdom of Norway. The closest Rus ...
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Kvitskarvbreen
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Langlibreen
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Leighbreen
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Liestølbreen
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Lilliehöökbreen
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Linnébreen
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Lisbetbreen
Lisbetbreen (Lisbet Glacier) is a tributary glacier on the northwestern side of Universitetsbreen, on the divide between Andrée Land and James I Land in Spitsbergen, Svalbard in Arctic Norway. It is approx. 15 km long 'Z'-shaped flowing in an ...
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Longstaffbreen
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Longyearbreen
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Løvliebreen
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Løyndbreen
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Luitpoldbreen
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Lundbreen
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Lyngebreen
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Makarovbreen
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Markhambreen
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Martinbreen
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Mathewbreen
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Mathiasbreen
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Mayerbreen
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Mefonna
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Mendeleevbreen
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Miethebreen
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Mittag-Lefflerbreen
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Monacobreen
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Nansenbreen Nansenbreen is a glacier in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about fourteen kilometers and is located west of Gestriklandkammen at the northwestern side of Isfjorden, debouching into the bay of Borebukta. It is named afte ...
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Nathorstbreen
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Negribreen
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Norddomen
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Nordenskiöldbreen
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Nordmannsfonna
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Olav V Land
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Olsokbreen
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Osbornebreen
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Øydebreen
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Palanderisen
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Passfjellbreen
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Paulabreen
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Paulbreen
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Paxbreen
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Penckbreen
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Petersbreen
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Presidentbreen
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Rabotbreen
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Ramondbreen
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Randbreen
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Raudfjordbreen
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Recherchebreen
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Renardbreen
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Richterbreen
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Rijpbreen
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Rosenthalbreen
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Rundisen
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Sagtindbreen
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Samarinbreen
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Scheelebreen
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Scheibreen
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Scottbreen
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Sefströmbreen Sefströmbreen is a glacier in James I Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is debouching into Ekmanfjorden at the northern side of Isfjorden. The glacier is named after Nils Gabriel Sefström. During a surge in 1896 the glacier deposited large mor ...
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Seligerbreen
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Serlabreen
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Sjettebreen
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Skarpegbreen
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Skilfonna
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Skonrokkbreen
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Skruisbreen
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Smeerenburgbreen
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Snödombreen
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Snøkuvbreen
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Sørdomen
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Sørkappfonna
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St. Nikolausbreen
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Stallobreen
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Steenstrupbreen
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Steindolpbreen
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Stonebreen
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Storbreen
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Storøyjøkulen
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Svalbreen
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Svalisbreen
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Sveabreen
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Sveigbreen
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Svitjodbreen
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Sykorabreen
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Sysselmannbreen
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Tavlebreen
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Tessinbreen
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Tinayrebreen
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Torellbreen
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Torsfonna
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Tromsøbreen
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Tunabreen
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Tverrbreen
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Ulvebreen
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Usherbreen
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Uvêrsbreen Uvêrsbreen (Bad Weather Glacier) is a glacier in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard
Svalbard ( , ), also known as Spitsbergen, or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. North of mainland Europe, it is about midw ...
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Valettebreen
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Varderyggfonna
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Vasil'evbreen
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Vegardbreen
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Venernbreen
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Vestgötabreen
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Vestjøkulen
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Veteranen
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Vintervegen
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Vitkovskijbreen
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Von Postbreen
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Vonbreen
Vonbreen (Hope Glacier) is a glacier in Haakon VII Land and Andrée Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has an extension of about 25 kilometers, and is located south of Woodfjorden. The name is a translation of the German language ''Hoffnungs-G ...
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Waggonwaybreen
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Wahlenbergbreen Wahlenbergbreen is a glacier in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of , located on the southwestern side of Jämtlandryggen, and debouching into the bay Yoldiabukta of Nordfjorden. The glacier is named after Göran Wahlenberg ...
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Willybreen
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Winsnesbreen
See also
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List of glaciers in Europe
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References
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