Bakaninbreen

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Bakaninbreen
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Bakaninbreen merges with Paulabreen before the combined glacier debouches into the bay of Rindersbukta.
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Location
TypeGlacier
Location Heer Land
Spitsbergen, Svalbard
Coordinates 77°45′50″N17°30′00″E / 77.764°N 17.500°E / 77.764; 17.500
Length9.5 kilometers
Terminus Rindersbukta

Bakaninbreen is a glacier in Heer Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway. It has a length of about 9.5 kilometers, and merges with the glacier of Paulabreen. The glacier is named after a member of the Swedish-Russian Arc-of-Meridian Expedition. [1] The mountain of Hollertoppen is located between Bakaninbreen and Ragna-Mariebreen. [2]

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References

  1. "Bakaninbreen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute . Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  2. "Hollertoppen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute . Retrieved 22 September 2014.