Recherchebreen is a glacier in
Wedel Jarlsberg Land
Wedel Jarlsberg Land is the land area between Van Keulenfjorden and Hornsund on the southwestern part of Spitsbergen, Svalbard
Svalbard ( , ), also known as Spitsbergen, or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. Nor ...
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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 N ...
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Svalbard. The glacier has a length of about . It is located in a valley between
Martinfjella and
Observatoriefjellet, and debouches into
Recherche Fjord
Recherche FjordGuijarro Garcia, Elena, et al. 2007. ''Bottom Trawling and Scallop Dredging in the Arctic: Impacts of Fishing on Non-Target Species, Vulnerable Habitats, and Cultural Heritage''. Copenhagen: Nordic Council of Ministers, p. 302. ( no, ...
. Among its tributary glaciers are
Foldnutfonna,
Varderyggfonna,
Dollfusbreen,
Ramondbreen and
Bjørnbreen.
References
Glaciers of Spitsbergen
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