Eidembreen is a glacier in
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 varian ...
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 ...
,
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 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
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