Austfonna
Austfonna is an ice cap located on Nordaustlandet in the Svalbard archipelago in Norway. Covering an area of 7,800 km. Austfonna has a thickness of up to 560 metres, and is 200 km in circumference.
NASA, Public domain.- Snowfield
- …lies at an elevation of around 700 metres (2,300 feet)
- Description: glacier at Nordaustlandet, Svalbard, Norway
- Also known as“East Ice”“Groote Ys Berg”“Öst-Isen”
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Latitude
79.83535° or 79° 50′ 7″ north
Longitude
24.55873° or 24° 33′ 31″ east
Open location code
CGF6RHP5+4F
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Austfonna” goes by many names.
AustfonnaAsturian
Austfonna buzlağıAzerbaijani
Ostfonna buzlağıAzerbaijani
AustfonnaBasque
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AustfonnaDutch
AustfonnaItalian
アウストフォナ氷河Japanese
アウスト氷河Japanese
AustfonnaNorthern Sami
AustfonnaNorwegian
AustfonnaNorwegian Bokmål
AustfonnaNorwegian Nynorsk
ОстфоннаRussian
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