Vestfonna

Vestfonna is an ice cap located on the western part in the archipelago in . The glacier covers an area of about 2,500 km. It is the third largest ice cap in Svalbard and Norway by area, after and .
Wikipedia
NASA, Public domain.
  • Glacier with an elevation of 619 metres (2,031 feet)
  • Description: glacier at Nordaustlandet, Svalbard, Norway
  • Also known as
    “Névé dôme Gimle”
    “Väst-isen”
    “West-Ice”

Vestfonna

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Latitude
80.01723° or 80° 1′ 2″ north
Longitude
20.28655° or 20° 17′ 12″ east
Open location code
CGG2278P+VJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 372353383
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­glacier
Geo­Names ID
607036
Wiki­data ID
Q1800403

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Spanish—“Vestfonna” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Vestfonna”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vestfonna buzlağı”
  • Catalan: “Vestfonna”
  • Chinese: “西冰帽”
  • Dutch: “Vestfonna”
  • French: “Vestfonna”
  • German: “Westferner”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vestfonna”
  • Norwegian: “Vestfonna”
  • Russian: “Вестфонна”
  • Russian: “Западное ледяное поле”
  • Spanish: “Vestfonna”

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