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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.
Sørkappfonna is a glaciated area in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about fourteen kilometers, and a width of about five kilometers. The glacier debouches both into Stormbukta at the western coast, and into Isbukta at the eastern coast of Spitsbergen.
Vitkovskijbreen is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about ten kilometers, and is located between the mountains of Hilmarfjellet and Plogen. The glacier is named after Russian scientist and General Vasilij Vasiljevich Vitkovskij.
Olsokbreen is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about seventeen kilometers, and debouches into the bay Stormbukta at the western shore of Spitsbergen. The glacier front is about five kilometer long. Olsokbreen is a southern branch of the glacier Mefonna, which also has the northern branch Samarinbreen. Tributary glaciers to Olsokbreen are Kvithettbreen and Valettebreen, both coming from the east, from or between the mountains of Snøkrossen, Gråtinden, Kvithetta, Haitanna and Guilbaudtoppen.
Samarinbreen is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of 14 mi (23 km), and is the northern branch of Mefonna. The glacier debouches into Samarinvågen, a southern bay of the fjord Hornsund. The glacier is named after Samarin, the name of a craftsman, fisherman and member of Arctic expeditions between 1899 and 1902.
Påskefjella is a mountain ridge in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is located south of Hornsund, east of the bay Samarinvågen and glacier Samarinbreen, and west of Chomjakovbreen. The ridge comprises the mountains Tverraksla, Pinsetoppen, Påsketoppen, Julhøgda and Meranfjellet.
Chomjakovbreen is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about nine kilometers, and is located between the mountain ridges of Bredichinryggen and Påskefjella. It debouches into the bay Svovelbukta at the southern side of Hornsund. The glacier is named after a participant of the Swedish-Russian Arc-of-Meridian Expedition from 1899 to 1902.
Bredichinryggen is a mountain ridge in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about fourteen kilometers. and is located south of Hornsund, east of the glaciers of Vestjøkulen and Chomjakovbreen, and west of Austjøkulen and Mendeleevbreen. The ridge is named after Russian astronomer Fyodor Bredikhin. The ridge comprises the mountains Knattberget, Austjøkultinden, Hjelmen, Steinhatten, Stuptinden, Černajafjellet, Bladegga, Smalegga, Starostinfjellet and Bautaen.
Mendeleevbreen is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about eight kilometers, originating from the glaciers Austjøkulen and Fredfonna, and debouching into the bay of Brepollen at the southern side of Hornsund. The glacier is named after Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev.
Vestjøkulen is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is a tributary glacier to Samarinbreen, and is located west of the mountain ridge Bredichinryggen.
Fredfonna is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about 4.5 kilometers. The glacier drains to the north into Mendeleevbreen, and to the south into Øydebreen. It is located east of the mountain ridge of Isryggen, and southwest of the mountain Scott-Ruudfjellet.
Vasil'evbreen is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has an extension of about twenty kilometers, with several tributary glaciers. It is named after Russian astronomer Alexandr Semenovich Vasil'ev. The glacier has a wide front facing towards the eastern shore of Spitsbergen, including the bay of Isbukta. The southern part of Vasil'evbreen is called Randbreen, located north of Istoppane and Dumskolten, and south of Søre Randberget.
Petersbreen is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about three kilometers, and is located at the western side of the ridge Traunkammen. The glacier is named after Austrian geologist Karl Ferdinand Peters.
Julhøgda is a mountain in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a height of 667 m.a.s.l. and is located on the mountain ridge Påskefjella, east of Samarinbreen and Samarinvågen, and west of the glacier Chomjakovbreen. Neighbour peaks are Påsketoppen to the south and Meranfjellet to the north.
Tverraksla is a mountain in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a height of 691 m.a.s.l. and is located on the mountain ridge Påskefjella, west of the glacier Chomjakovbreen.
Bungebreen is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about ten kilometers, and is located east of the mountain Wiederfjellet. The glacier is named after Russian Arctic explorer Alexandr Alexandrovich Bunge.
Keilhaubreen is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about five kilometers and is located north of Keilhaufjellet, flowing from Sørkappfonna towards the eastern coast of Spitsbergen. The glacier is named after Norwegian geologist Baltazar Mathias Keilhau. To the south of the glacier is the bay Austerbogen.
Svalisbreen is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about 12.5 kilometers, extending from the mountain pass of Svanhildpasset to Hornbreen, towards the bay of Brepollen, the inner part of Hornsund.
Brendetoppane is a series of mountain peaks in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. They are named after Karl Alfred Brende. The peaks are situated on a ridge between the glacier of Svalisbreen and Skilfonna. The ridge extends from the mountain pass of Svanhildpasset to Evapasset, and is partly covered by ice.
Skilfonna is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is located west of Russefjella, and separates the glacier of Hedgehogfonna from Vasil'evbreen. The mountains of Brendetoppane separate Skilfonna from Svalisbreen.
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- ↑ "Austjøkulen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute . Retrieved 25 July 2013.
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