Hayesbreen is a glacier in

Sabine Land Sabine Land ( ) is a land area on the east coast of Spitsbergen, Svalbard Svalbard ( , ), previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norway, Norwegian archipelago that lies at the convergence of the Arctic Ocean with the Atlanti ...

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 is named after American politician and Arctic explorer

Isaac Israel Hayes Isaac Israel Hayes (March 5, 1832 – December 17, 1881) was an American Arctic explorer, physician, and politician, who was appointed as the commanding officer at Satterlee General Hospital during the American Civil War, and was then elected, ...

. The glacier has a length of about eighteen kilometers, and debouches into the bay of Mohnbukta. Surrounding mountains are Aagaardfjellet to the north,

Jebensfjellet Jebensfjellet is a mountain in Sabine Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The mountain has a height of 607 m.a.s.l. Height above mean sea level is a measure of a location's vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) in reference to a vertical ...

to the south, and Panofskyfjellet where Hayesbreen joins the glacier of

Königsbergbreen Königsbergbreen is a glacier in Sabine Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is named after the German town of Königsberg. The glacier has a length of about seven kilometers, and is a tributary to Hayesbreen. A nearby mountain is Jebensfjellet. Refer ...

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