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Smeerenburgfjorden is a fjord in Albert I Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about twenty kilometers and a width of about four kilometers. The fjord is named after the old whaling settlement Smeerenburg, which was situated at the southern part of Amsterdam Island. The fjord is located between the peninsulas of Vasahalvøya and Reuschhalvøya, and connects westwards through the straits of Danskegattet and Sørgattet. The Smeerenburgbreen glacier debouches into the head of the fjord.
Lilliehöökbreen is a glacier complex in Albert I Land and Haakon VII Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about 22 kilometers. The glacier debouches into Lilliehöökfjorden, and calved icebergs may fill large parts of the fourteen kilometer long fjord.
Winsnesbreen is a glacier on Nordaustlandet, Svalbard. It is named after geologist Thore Schanke Winsnes. The glacier is situated between Etonbreen and Helvetesflya. The lake of Brånevatnet is located between Winsnesbreen and Oxfordhalvøya at the head of Wahlenbergfjorden.
References
- ↑ "Rosenthalbreen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute . Retrieved 22 October 2013.
- 1 2 Arctic Pilot: Sailing directions Svalbard–Jan Mayen. 7. Stavanger: The Norwegian Hydrographic Service and The Norwegian Polar Institute. 1988. p. 343. ISBN 82-90653-06-9.
- ↑ "Svartknausflya (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute . Retrieved 22 October 2013.
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