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Monacobreen is a
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#Glaciology, ablation over many years, often Century, centuries. It acquires dis ...
in
Haakon VII Land Haakon VII Land is a land area at the northwestern part of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, between Woodfjorden and Kongsfjorden Kongsfjorden as seen from Blomstrandhalvøya Kongsfjorden (Kongs Fjord or Kings Bay) is an inlet on the west coast of ...
on
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 ...
. The glacier
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
Liefdefjorden Liefdefjorden ( en, The Love Fjord) is a fjord in Haakon VII Land on Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about . Former names of the fjord include ''Baye d'Amour'', ''Kjærlighedsbugten'', ''Porto detto l'Amato'', ''Liefde Bay'' and ''Love Bay ...
. Former names of the glacier include ''Glacier de Monaco'' and ''Liefde Bay-bræ''.


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Glaciers of Spitsbergen {{spitsbergen-glacier-stub