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Borebukta is a bay in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is located at the northwestern side of Isfjorden, west of Bohemanflya, and has a width of about 4.5 kilometers. The glacier Borebreen debouches into the bay. Also the Nansenbreen glacier debouches into Borebukta.
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Paulbreen is a glacier in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about four kilometers and is located at the eastern side of St. Jonsfjorden. The glacier is surrounded by Vittenburgfjella, and splits the range in a northern and southern part. The glacier, as well as the surrounding mountain range, is named after Russian paleontologist Paul Vittenburg.
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Løvliefjellet is a mountain in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It reaches a height of 710 m a.s.l., and has an extension of about two kilometers. The mountain is located south of St. Jonsfjorden, between the glaciers of Vestgötabreen and Løvliebreen. It, along with the Løvliebreen glacier, is named after Norwegian business person Andreas Løvlie (1860-1915).
Venernbreen is a glacier in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about fifteen kilometers, and is located between the mountains of Sparrefjellet and Kinnefjellet. The glacier is named after the Swedish lake of Vänern.
Hayesbreen is a glacier in Sabine Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is named after American politician and Arctic explorer Isaac Israel Hayes. The glacier has a length of about eighteen kilometers, and debouches into the bay of Mohnbukta. Surrounding mountains are Aagaardfjellet to the north, Jebensfjellet to the south, and Panofskyfjellet where Hayesbreen joins the glacier of Königsbergbreen.
Königsbergbreen is a glacier in Sabine Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is named after the German town of Königsberg. The glacier has a length of about seven kilometers, and is a tributary to Hayesbreen. A nearby mountain is Jebensfjellet.
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- ↑ "Nansenbreen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute . Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- 1 2 Lauritzen, Per Roger, ed. (2009). "Nansenbreen". Norsk Fjelleksikon (in Norwegian). Arendal: Friluftsforlaget. ISBN 978-82-91-49547-7.
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