Leighbreen

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Leighbreen is a glacier on Nordaustlandet, Svalbard. It is located near the northeastern coast. The glacier is named after British explorer Benjamin Leigh Smith, [1] who visited the archipelago several times in the 1870s and 1880s. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Leighbreen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute . Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Kapp Leigh Smith (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute . Retrieved 27 June 2016.

80°09.0′N26°28.4′E / 80.1500°N 26.4733°E / 80.1500; 26.4733


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