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Lundbreen is a glacier in
Nathorst Land Nathorst Land is the land area between Van Keulenfjorden and Van Mijenfjorden on Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The area is named after Alfred Gabriel Nathorst Alfred Gabriel Nathorst (7 November 1850 – 20 January 1921) was a Swedish Arctic ...
at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about four kilometers, extending from Juvtinden to
Kvitskarvbreen Kvitskarvbreen ("the white mountain glacier") is a glacier in Nathorst Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about 8.5 kilometers, and extend northwestwards from the mountain of Kvitskarvet to the valley of Bromelldalen Bromelldalen is ...
, beside the mountain of
Langlifjellet Langlifjellet ("The long hillside mountain") is a mountain in Nathorst Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has peaks with heights of 1,011, 973 and 885 m.a.s.l. respectively. The mountain is surrounded by the mountains of Sven Nilssonfjellet, Bass ...
. The glacier is named after civil servant Egil Lund. From 300 AD to 1500 AD, Lundbreen was used as a mountain pass. In the 2010s, artifacts from up to 2,000 years ago were found here, because of melting in the area. However, most of the items date from 300 to 1500 A.D.Lost Viking ‘highway’ revealed by melting ice,1,000-year-old horseshoes, sleds, and tools are emerging
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