Vasil'evbreen is a glacier in

Sørkapp Land Sørkapp Land is the land area south of Hornsund, at the southern part of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Two glaciers, Hornbreen and Hambergbreen, divide Sørkapp Land from Torell Land. Sørkapp Land is included in the Sør-Spitsbergen National Par ...

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 has an extension of about twenty kilometers, with several tributary glaciers. It is named after Russian astronomer

Alexandr Semenovich Vasil'ev Alexander is a male given name. Alexander may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Films * ''Alexander'' (1996 film), a Tamil action film * ''Alexander'' (2004 film), an epic about Alexander the Great directed by Oliver Stone * ''Alexander'' ...

. The glacier has a wide front facing towards the eastern shore of Spitsbergen, including the bay of

Isbukta Isbukta is a bay in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is located at the eastern shore of Spitsbergen, extending between Morenetangen and Nordre Randberget. The glacier Vasil'evbreen debouches into the bay from north, and Sørkappfonna ...

. The southern part of Vasil'evbreen is called

Randbreen Randbreen ("The Border Glacier") is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about three kilometers, and constitutes the southern part of the glacier Vasil'evbreen. It is located north of the mountain Dumskolten, and d ...

, located north of Istoppane and

Dumskolten Dumskolten is a mountain in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a height of 596 m.a.s.l., and is located south of the glacier Vasil'evbreen Vasil'evbreen is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has an extension of ...

, and south of

Søre Randberget Søre Randberget is a mountain in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a height of 186 m.a.s.l., and is located north of Randbreen Randbreen ("The Border Glacier") is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length o ...

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