Svalisbreen ("The Cool Ice Glacier") is a glacier in
Sørkapp Land
Sørkapp Land is the land area south of Hornsund, at the southern part of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Two glaciers, Hornbreen and Hambergbreen, divide Sørkapp Land from Torell Land.
Sørkapp Land is included in the Sør-Spitsbergen National Par ...
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 12.5 kilometers, extending from the mountain pass of
Svanhildpasset Svanhildpasset is a glaciated mountain pass in Sørkapp Land at 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 ...
to
Hornbreen, towards the bay of
Brepollen Brepollen ("The Glacier Bay") is a bay in Sørkapp Land and Torell Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is located at the inner part of Hornsund, surrounded by the glaciers Mendeleevbreen
Mendeleevbreen is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Sv ...
, the inner part of
Hornsund
Hornsund is a fjord on the western side of the southernmost tip of northern Norway's Spitsbergen island.
The fjord's mouth faces west to the Greenland Sea, and is wide. The length is , the mean depth is , and the maximal depth is . Hornsund cut ...
.
References
Glaciers of Spitsbergen
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