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Usherbreen
Usherbreen is a glacier in Sabine Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about 9.5 kilometers, and is located between Kroghfjellet and Domen (Svalbard), Domen. Usherbreen is a tributary glacier to Nordmannsfonna, and debouches towards Storfjorden (Svalbard), Storfjorden. It is named after Scottish businessman Thomas Leslie Usher. See also *Usherfjellet References Glaciers of Spitsbergen {{Spitsbergen-glacier-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kroghfjellet
Kroghfjellet is a mountain in Sabine Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is located west of the bay of Mohnbukta and south of the glacier of Hayesbreen. The mountain has a length of about five kilometers. It is named after a German consul in Tromsø in the 1870s. The glacier of Usherbreen Usherbreen is a glacier in Sabine Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about 9.5 kilometers, and is located between Kroghfjellet and Domen (Svalbard), Domen. Usherbreen is a tributary glacier to Nordmannsfonna, and debouches towards Sto ... is located between Kroghfjellet and Domen. References Mountains of Spitsbergen {{Spitsbergen-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Usherfjellet
Usherfjellet is a mountain in Bünsow Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a height of 683 m.a.s.l. Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''. The com ..., and is located at the western side of Gipsdalen, near the mountain ridges of Grahamkammen and Skeltonfjellet. Usherfjellet is named after Scotsman Thomas Leslie Usher. See also * Usherbreen References Mountains of Spitsbergen {{Spitsbergen-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabine Land
Sabine Land ( ) is a land area on the east coast of Spitsbergen, Svalbard Svalbard ( , ), also known as Spitsbergen, or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. North of mainland Europe, it is about midway between the northern coast of Norway and the North Pole. The islands of the group range .... It is named after explorer General Sir Edward Sabine. Among the glaciers in the area is the Nordmannsfonna glacier. References Geography of Svalbard Spitsbergen {{Spitsbergen-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen (; formerly known as West Spitsbergen; 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. 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 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 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 end of the 19th century, and several permanent com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svalbard
Svalbard ( , ), also known as Spitsbergen, or Spitzbergen, is a Norway, Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. North of continental Europe, mainland Europe, it is 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, followed by Nordaustlandet and . The largest settlement is Longyearbyen. The islands were first used as a base by the Whaling, whalers who sailed far north in the 17th and 18th centuries, after which they were abandoned. Coal mining started at the beginning of the 20th century, and several permanent communities were established. The Svalbard Treaty of 1920 recognizes Norwegian sovereignty, and the 1925 Svalbard Act made Svalbard a full part of the Kingdom of Norway. They also established Svalbard as a free economic zone and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domen (Svalbard)
Domen may refer to: Places * Domën, a village in Kryevidh commune, Tirana county, Albania * Dömen, Bozdoğan, a village in Bozdoğan district, Aydın province, Turkey *Domen, Norway, a mountain in Vardø municipality, Finnmark county * Domen Butte, a butte in the Borg Massif of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica * Hen Domen, the site of a medieval timber motte-and-bailey castle in Powys, Wales * Y Domen Fawr, a scheduled monument in Blaenau Gwent, Wales People * Domen Črnigoj (born 1995), Slovenian professional football player *Domen Lorbek Domen Lorbek (born March 6, 1985) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for KK Zlatorog Laško of the Slovenian League. He also represented the Slovenian national basketball team internationally. Standing at 1.99 m (6 ft 6.25 in), ... (born 1985), Slovenian professional basketball player * Domen Pociecha (born 1985), Slovenian luger * Domen Prevc (born 1999), Slovenian ski jumper Other * DoMEn, the company that owns the .me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordmannsfonna
Nordmannsfonna is a glacier in Sabine Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The glacier covers an area of about 250 km2, is located between Sassendalen and Storfjorden, and extends from Jebensfjellet to the north to Roslagenfjellet Roslagenfjellet is a mountain in Sabine Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is named after the Swedish district of Roslagen. The mountain is located north of the valley of Agardhdalen, and east of the glacier of Elfenbeinbreen Elfenbeinbreen is a gl ... and Eistraryggen to the south. The glacier consists of a number of sub-glaciers or side glaciers, and drains both westwards to Sassendalen and eastwards to Storfjorden. References Glaciers of Spitsbergen {{Spitsbergen-glacier-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storfjorden (Svalbard)
Storfjorden ( English: ''Great Fjord'') is the body of water separating Spitsbergen in the west from Barentsøya and Edgeøya to the east. Its southern limits are Kikutodden in Sørkapp Land east to Håøya, Tiholmane, Brækmoholmane, and Menkeøyane in Thousand Islands and northeast to Negerpynten—the southeastern promontory of Edgeøya. Its limits on its eastern side are Sundneset on the northern side of Freemansundet south to Palibinramten on the northwest coast of Edgeøya. The northern part is called Ginevra Bay Ginevra Bay ( no, Ginevrabotnen) is the inner part of Storfjorden, Svalbard, between Barentsøya and Spitsbergen Spitsbergen (; formerly known as West Spitsbergen; Norwegian: ''Vest Spitsbergen'' or ''Vestspitsbergen'' , also sometimes spelled ..., which lies between Olav V Land and Barentsøya. It ends at Heleysundet. Storfjorden was historically known as ''Wybe Jans Water'', named after the Frisian whaler Wybe Jansz van Stavoren. The fjord was firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Leslie Usher
Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Indiana * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Thomas'' (Burton novel) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Polar Institute
The Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI; no, Norsk Polarinstitutt) is Norway's central governmental institution for scientific research, mapping and environmental monitoring in the Arctic and the Antarctic. The NPI is a directorate under Norway's Ministry of Climate and Environment. The institute advises Norwegian authorities on matters concerning polar environmental management and is the official environmental management body for Norwegian activities in Antarctica. Activities The institute's activities are focused on environmental research and management in the polar regions. The NPI's researchers investigate biodiversity, climate and environmental toxins in the Arctic and Antarctic, and in this context the institute equips and organizes large-scale expeditions to both polar regions. The institute contributes to national and international climate work, and is an active contact point for the international scientific community. The institute collects and analyses data on the environ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
