Barentsjøkulen
Barentsjøkulen is a glacier on Barentsøya, Svalbard. The glacier covers an area of about 571 km2. It is named after the Barents Island, which again is named after Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz.- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 422 metres
- Description: glacier in Svalbard
- Also known as: “Barentsjokulen”
Barentsjøkulen
- Category: landform
- Location: Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Barentsjøkulen” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Barentsjøkulen”
- Dutch: “Barentsjøkulen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Barentsjøkulen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Barentsjøkulen”
- Norwegian: “Barentsjøkulen”
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