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Rindersbukta is a bay in Nathorst Land and Heer Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It forms the southern branch of Van Mijenfjorden. The glaciers of Scheelebreen and Paulabreen debouche into the bay. The bay is named after Dutch whaler Michiel Rinders. [1] [2]

Nathorst Land land area between Van Keulenfjorden and Van Mijenfjorden on Spitsbergen, Svalbard

Nathorst Land is the land area between Van Keulenfjorden and Van Mijenfjorden on Spitsbergen, Svalbard.

Heer Land land area on the east coast of Spitsbergen, Svalbard

Heer Land is a land area on the east coast of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is bordered by Rindersbukta to the southwest, Braganzavågen and Kjellströmdalen to the northwest, Storfjorden to the east and southeast, and Torell Land to the south. It is named after paleobotanist Oswald Heer. Heer Land mainly consist of glaciers and nunataks.

Spitsbergen island of the Svalbard archipelago

Spitsbergen is the largest and only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway. Constituting the westernmost bulk of the archipelago, it borders the Arctic Ocean, the Norwegian Sea, and the Greenland Sea. Spitsbergen covers an area of 37,673 km2 (14,546 sq mi), making it the largest island in Norway and the 36th-largest in the world. The administrative centre is Longyearbyen. Other settlements, in addition to research outposts, are the Russian mining community of Barentsburg, the research community of Ny-Ålesund, and the mining outpost of Sveagruva. Spitsbergen was covered in 21,977 km2 (8,485 sq mi) of ice in 1999, which was approximately 58.5% of the island's total area.

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References

  1. "Rindersbukta (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute . Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  2. "Paulabreen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute . Retrieved 22 September 2014.

Coordinates: 77°48′22″N16°55′48″E / 77.806°N 16.930°E / 77.806; 16.930

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