Werenskioldbreen is a glacier in
Wedel Jarlsberg Land
Wedel Jarlsberg Land is the land area between Van Keulenfjorden and Hornsund on the southwestern part of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The area is largely covered with glaciers, and is completely within the Sør-Spitsbergen National Park.
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Svalbard, Norway. The glacier is named after Norwegian geologist and Arctic explorer
Werner Werenskiold
Werner Werenskiold (28 April 1883 – 2 August 1961) was a Norwegian geologist and geographer. He was a son of Erik Werenskiold and visual artist Sophie Marie Stoltenberg Thomesen (1849–1926), and the brother of Dagfin Werenskiold.
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It is situated adjacent to the glaciers of
Hansbreen and
Deileggbreen, which are divided from Werenskioldbreen by the mountain ridge of
Deilegga.
The glacier has an area of about 30 square kilometers. In 1936 it had a length of about 8.5 kilometers, diminishing on average 30 meters annually between 1936 and 1974. It has a maximum thickness of 235 meters and an average thickness of 96 meters, based on
radar
Radar is a detection system that uses radio waves to determine the distance ('' ranging''), angle, and radial velocity of objects relative to the site. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, we ...
measurements.
See also
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Stanisław Baranowski Spitsbergen Polar Station
References
Glaciers of Spitsbergen
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