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