Kongsvegen glacier
The Kongsvegen is a glacier, located in west Spitsbergen, Svalbard, 1,250 kilometres north of the Norwegian mainland.
Sphinx, Public domain.- Glacier with an elevation of around 200 metres (660 feet)
- Description: glacier in Svalbard
- Also known as“Kings Highway”“Kongsvegen”“Königs Weg”“Passe du Roi”
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
78.85374° or 78° 51′ 14″ north
Longitude
12.65718° or 12° 39′ 26″ east
Open location code
CFCJVM34+FV
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Russian—“Kongsvegen glacier” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Konqsvegen buzlağı”
- Bulgarian: “Конгсвеген”
- Cebuano: “Kongsvegen”
- Dutch: “Kongsvegen glacier”
- German: “Kongsvegen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kongsvegen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kongsvegen”
- Norwegian: “Kongsvegen”
- Russian: “Конгсвеген”
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