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Eidembreen
Eidembreen is a glacier in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about eighteen kilometers, and debouches into Eidembukta in Forlandsundet, between St. Jonsfjorden and Isfjorden. The glacier is named after Norwegian politician and naval officer Ole Thorenius Eidem. Eidembreen belongs to the mountain and glacier complex of Trollheimen Trollheimen is a mountain range in Møre og Romsdal and Trøndelag county, counties in central Norway. The mountain range is part of the Scandinavian Mountains. Etymology The name ('the home of the trolls') was proposed by Håkon Løken. It is .... Further north are Austgötabreen and Huldrebreen, and to the south are Stallobreen and Heksebreen. References Glaciers of Spitsbergen {{Spitsbergen-glacier-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trollheimen (Svalbard)
Trollheimen ("Home of Trolls") is a mountainous area in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard, around the glacier of Eidembreen. Among the mountains of Trollheimen are Tussekallen, Runebomma, Heksefjellet, Huldrefjellet, Huldrehatten, Tomtegubben, and parts of Gunnar Knudsenfjella. North of Eidembreen is the glacier of Huldrebreen, and to the south are Heksebreen and Stallobreen. References Mountain ranges of Spitsbergen {{Spitsbergen-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huldrebreen
Huldrebreen is a glacier in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is surrounded by the mountains of Huldrehatten, Huldrefjellet and Bytingen, west in the mountainous district of Trollheimen. Huldrebreen and Austgötabreen are located north of the glacier complex of Eidembreen. The glacier is named after Hulder in Scandinavian folklore Nordic folklore is the folklore of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. It has common roots with, and has been under mutual influence with, folklore in England, Germany, the Low Countries, the Baltic countries, Finland and S� .... References Glaciers of Spitsbergen {{Spitsbergen-glacier-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stallobreen
Stallobreen is a glacier in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about 4.5 kilometers, and is located between the mountains of Stallofjellet, Sparrefjellet and Heksefjellet, near the glacier complex of Eidembreen. Stallobreen is named after the stallo creature in Sami shamanism, Sami folklore. References Glaciers of Spitsbergen {{Spitsbergen-glacier-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eidembukta
Eidembukta is a bay in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a width of about 4.5 kilometers, and is located at the southeastern side of Forlandsundet. The glacier of Eidembreen Eidembreen is a glacier in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about eighteen kilometers, and debouches into Eidembukta in Forlandsundet, between St. Jonsfjorden and Isfjorden. The glacier is named after Norwegian poli ... debouches into the bay. The bay is named after Norwegian politician and naval officer Ole Thorenius Eidem. References Bays of Spitsbergen {{Spitsbergen-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heksebreen
Heksebreen ("The Witch Glacier") is a glacier in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about 3.5 kilometers, and is a tributary glacier to Eidembreen. The glacier is located south in the mountainous district of Trollheimen, and is surrounded by the mountains of Heksefjellet, Runebomma Runebomma is a mountain in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. It has a height of 729 m.a.s.l., and is located between the glaciers of Venernbreen, Heksebreen and Eidembreen. Runebomma is part of ..., Trollungen and Stortrollet. References Glaciers of Spitsbergen {{Spitsbergen-glacier-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar II Land
Oscar II Land is the land area between Isfjorden (Svalbard), Isfjorden and Kongsfjorden on Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The long glacier Sveabreen divides Oscar II Land from James I Land. The area is named after Oscar II of Sweden. Older name variants are ''Oscar II's Land'' and ''Terre Oscar II''. The Hofgaardtoppen mountain is the highest peak in Oscar II Land. References Geography of Svalbard Spitsbergen {{Spitsbergen-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svalbard
Svalbard ( , ), previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norway, Norwegian archipelago that lies at the convergence of the Arctic Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean. North of continental Europe, mainland Europe, it lies about midway between the northern coast of Norway and the North Pole. The islands of the group range from 74th parallel north, 74° to 81st parallel north, 81° north latitude, and from 10th meridian east, 10° to 35th meridian east, 35° east longitude. The largest island is Spitsbergen (37,673 km2), followed in size by Nordaustlandet (14,443 km2), (5,073 km2), and Barentsøya (1,288 km2). Bear Island (Norway), Bjørnøya or Bear Island (178 km2) is the most southerly island in the territory, situated some 147 km south of Spitsbergen. Other small islands in the group include Hopen (Svalbard), Hopen to the southeast of Edgeøya, Kongsøya and Svenskøya in the east, and Kvitøya to the northeast. The largest settlement is Longyearbyen, situated in Isfjor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen (; formerly known as West Spitsbergen; Norwegian language, Norwegian: ''Vest Spitsbergen'' or ''Vestspitsbergen'' , also sometimes spelled Spitzbergen) is the largest and the only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway in the Arctic Ocean. Constituting the westernmost bulk of the archipelago, it borders the Arctic Ocean, the Norwegian Sea and the Greenland Sea. Spitsbergen covers an area of , making it the largest island in Norway and the List of islands by area, 36th largest in the world. The administrative centre is Longyearbyen. Other settlements, in addition to research outposts, are the mining community of Barentsburg, the research community of Ny-Ålesund, and the mining outpost of Sveagruva. Spitsbergen was covered in of ice in 1999, which was approximately 58.5% of the island's total area. The island was first used as a whaling base in the 17th and 18th centuries, after which it was abandoned. Coal mining started at the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forlandsundet
Forlandsundet is an 88 km long sound separating Prins Karls Forland and Spitsbergen Spitsbergen (; formerly known as West Spitsbergen; Norwegian language, Norwegian: ''Vest Spitsbergen'' or ''Vestspitsbergen'' , also sometimes spelled Spitzbergen) is the largest and the only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipel .... Its northern limits are Fuglehuken to the west and Kvadehuken to the east. Its southern limits are Salpynten to the west and Daudmannsodden to the east. References * Norwegian Polar InstitutPlace names in Norwegian polar areas Straits of Svalbard Spitsbergen {{Spitsbergen-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isfjorden (Svalbard)
Isfjorden is the second longest fjord in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. It lies on the west side of Spitsbergen, an island in the Arctic Ocean about midway between Norway and the North Pole, and the largest in the archipelago. The mountain of Alkhornet stands on the northern side of the entrance to the fjord, as does the coastal plain of Daudmannsøyra. A portion of Isfjorden is included in the national parks of Norway as Nordre Isfjorden Land National Park. Around the fjord lie many of the largest settlements in Svalbard: Barentsburg, Longyearbyen (on the Adventfjorden) and Pyramiden. History A Basque Basque may refer to: * Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France * Basque language, their language Places * Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France * Basque Country (autonomous co ... whaling ship from San Sebastian, under the command of Juan de Erauso and piloted by the Englishman Nicholas W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ole Thorenius Eidem
OLE, Ole or Olé may refer to: * Olé, a cheering expression used in Spain * Ole (name), a male given name, includes a list of people named Ole * Overhead lines equipment, used to transmit electrical energy to trams, trolleybuses or trains Computing, mathematics, and engineering * Object locative environment coordinate system * Object Linking and Embedding, a distributed object system and protocol developed by Microsoft ** OLE Automation, an inter-process communication mechanism developed by Microsoft * Olé, Spanish search engine which became part of Telefónica's portal Terra in 1999 People * Ole (name) Places * Ole, Estonia, Hiiu County, a village * Õle, Järva County, Estonia, a village * Ole, Zanzibar, Tanzania, a village * Ole, India Country, Mathura district, a village * OLE, IATA airport code for Cattaraugus County-Olean Airport, New York, United States Music * '' Olé Coltrane'', an album by John Coltrane, 1962 * ''Olé'' (Johnny Mathis album), 1965 * ''Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austgötabreen
Austgötabreen is a glacier in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The glacier has a length of about six kilometers, and is located between Huldrefjellet, Huldrehatten and Motalafjella. It is named after the Swedish county of Östergötland Östergötland (; English exonym: East Gothland) is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (''landskap'' in Swedish) in the south of Sweden. It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland and the Baltic Sea. In older English li .... References Glaciers of Spitsbergen {{Spitsbergen-glacier-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
