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Osbornebreen is a glacier in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway. It has a length of 21 kilometers, merges with the glaciers Devikbreen, Klampebreen and Vintervegen, and debouches into St. Jonsfjorden. [1] The mountain ridge Goldschmidtfjella forms a six kilometer long nunatak in the glacier. [2]

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References

  1. "Osbornebreen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute . Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  2. "Goldschmidtfjella (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute . Retrieved 27 March 2013.

Coordinates: 78°39′17″N13°07′34″E / 78.65472°N 13.12611°E / 78.65472; 13.12611