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Arbobreen is a glacier in Dickson Land at
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 ...
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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 be ...
. It is named after Norwegian botanist
Ove Arbo Høeg Ove Fredrik Arbo Høeg (25 November 1898 – 7 July 1993) was a Norwegian botanist. Personal life Høeg was born in Larvik as a son of consul Thomas Arbo Høeg (1852–1930) and Sigrid Bugge (1862–1945). His first marriage was to physicia ...
. The glacier is situated north of the mountain of Lagfjellet, and has a length of about 3.5 kilometers. The ridge of Snøplogen separates Arbobreen from Hodsbreen.


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Glaciers of Spitsbergen {{spitsbergen-glacier-stub