Vonbreen

Vonbreen (Hope Glacier) is a glacier in Haakon VII Land and Andrée Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has an extension of about 25 kilometers, and is located south of Woodfjorden.[1] The name is a translation of the German language Hoffnungs-Gletscher, suggested by Bock and Poninski in 1908.[2] The glacier borders to Eidsvollfjellet, the highest mountain in Haakon VII Land.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Vonbreen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "Bock & Poninski 1908". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Eidsvollfjellet (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  4. ↑ Lauritzen, Per Roger, ed. (2009). "Haakon VII Land". Norsk Fjelleksikon (in Norwegian). Arendal: Friluftsforlaget. ISBN 978-82-91-49547-7.

Coordinates: 79°09′33″N 13°45′36″E / 79.1591°N 13.7600°E / 79.1591; 13.7600

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