Svend Foynbreen
Svend Foynbreen is a glacier in Jan Mayen, Svalbard and has an elevation of 714 metres. Svend Foynbreen is situated nearby to the locality Old Atlantic City Base, as well as near Kokssletta.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kjerulf Glacier and Weyprecht Glacier.
Kjerulf Glacier
Glacier
Kjerulf Glacier is a glacier in Jan Mayen. It begins at the Hakluyttoppen slope, in the outer crater edge of the Beerenberg. The Kjerulf Glacier and both its neighbors, the Weyprecht Glacier in the west and the Svend-Foyn Glacier in the east, are the most active glaciers in the island.
Weyprecht Glacier
Glacier
Photo: Dreizung, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Weyprecht Glacier is a glacier in Jan Mayen. It is the longest glacier located in the Beerenberg area. The glacier is named after Austro-Hungarian Arctic explorer Karl Weyprecht.
Svend Foynbreen
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 714 metres
- Also known as: “Svend Foyn Glacier” and “Svend Foynbre”
- Category: landform
- Location: Jan Mayen, Svalbard, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
71.12064° or 71° 7′ 14″ northLongitude
-8.10586° or 8° 6′ 21″ westElevation
714 metres (2,343 feet)Open location code
CC3H4VCV+7MOpenStreetMap ID
way 95807541OpenStreetMap feature
natural=glacier
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Svend Foynbreen” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Svend Foynbreen”
- German: “Svend Foynbreen”
- German: “Svend-Foyn-Gletscher”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Svend Foynbreen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Svend Foynbreen”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Old Atlantic City Base and Kokssletta.
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