Wahlenbergbreen is a glacier in
Oscar II Land
Oscar II Land is the land area between Isfjorden and Kongsfjorden on Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The long glacier Sveabreen divides Oscar II Land from James I Land.
The area is named after Oscar II of Sweden
Oscar II (Oscar Fredrik; 21 January ...
at
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 ...
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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 a length of , located on the southwestern side of
Jämtlandryggen Jämtlandryggen is a mountain ridge in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of 26 kilometer, and comprises a number of mountains with altitudes in the range roughly between 750 and 950 meters, including Årefjellet, Svenskane, ...
, and debouching into the bay
Yoldiabukta Yoldiabukta is a bay in Nordfjorden at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a width of about and is located between the northern side of Bohemanflya Bohemanflya ("Boheman peninsula") is a peninsula on the northwestern side of Isfjorden, in Oscar II Land ...
of
Nordfjorden. The glacier is named after
Göran Wahlenberg
Georg (Göran) Wahlenberg (1 October 1780 – 22 March 1851) was a Sweden, Swedish natural history, naturalist. He was born in Filipstad Municipality, Kroppa, Värmland County.
Wahlenberg matriculated at Uppsala University in 1792, received ...
.
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Wahlenbergfjorden
Wahlenbergfjorden, sometimes known in English as Waalenburg Bay, is a fjord on the southwest coast of the Arctic island of Nordaustlandet, in Norway's Svalbard archipelago. At in length, and wide, it is the fifth longest fjord in the archipelag ...
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Wahlenbergfjellet
Wahlenbergfjellet is a mountain in Nathorst Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has two peaks, with heights of 949 and 915 m.a.s.l., respectively. The mountain is located between Krylbreen, Krylen and Frysjadalen, at the southern side of Van Mij ...
References
Glaciers of Spitsbergen
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