Penckbreen
Penckbreen is a glacier in Wedel Jarlsberg Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is named after German geographer Albrecht Penck. The glacier has a length of about 22 kilometers, and is situated west of the mountain ridge of Friherrefjella.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 176 metres
- Description: glacier in Svalbard
- Also known as: “Penck’s Glacier”
Penckbreen
- Category: landform
- Location: Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Norwegian Bokmål—“Penckbreen” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Penckbreen”
- Dutch: “Penckbreen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Penckbreen”
- Norwegian: “Penckbreen”
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