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Eidembreen is a glacier in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about eighteen kilometers, and debouches into Eidembukta in Forlandsundet, between St. Jonsfjorden and Isfjorden. The glacier is named after Norwegian politician and naval officer Ole Thorenius Eidem. Eidembreen belongs to the mountain and glacier complex of Trollheimen. Further north are Austgötabreen and Huldrebreen, and to the south are Stallobreen and Heksebreen.
Daudmannsodden is a headland in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about three kilometers. Daudmannsodden and Salpynten mark the southern entrance of the strait of Forlandsundet. The coast between Daudmannsodden and Eidembukta is characterized by foul waters, skerries and islets outside small bays.
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- ↑ "Eidembukta (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute . Retrieved 21 April 2014.
- ↑ Arctic Pilot: Sailing directions Svalbard–Jan Mayen. Vol. 7. Stavanger: The Norwegian Hydrographic Service and The Norwegian Polar Institute. 1988. pp. 245, 249. ISBN 82-90653-06-9.
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