Hansbreen
Hansbreen is a glacier in Wedel Jarlsberg Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It covers an area of about 64 km2 and has a length of fifteen kilometers. The glacier is located north of Hornsund and approaches the sea near Isbjørnhamna.- Glacier with an elevation of around 300 metres (990 feet)
- Description: glacier in Svalbard
- Also known as“Hanns-Gletscher”“Hans Gletscher”“Hansbreen Glacier”
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
77.07481° or 77° 4′ 29″ north
Longitude
15.65048° or 15° 39′ 2″ east
Open location code
CF9Q3MF2+W5
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Norwegian Bokmål—“Hansbreen” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Хансбрен”
- Cebuano: “Hansbreen”
- Dutch: “Hansbreen”
- German: “Hansbreen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hansbreen”
- Norwegian: “Hansbreen”
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