Kjerulf 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 461 metres
- Description: glacier in Jan Mayen
- Also known as: “Kjerulfbreen”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Svend Foynbreen and Weyprecht Glacier.
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.
Kjerulf Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: Jan Mayen, Svalbard, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
71.11829° or 71° 7′ 6″ northLongitude
-8.13513° or 8° 8′ 7″ westElevation
461 metres (1,512 feet)Open location code
CC3H4V97+8WOpenStreetMap ID
way 95807542OpenStreetMap feature
natural=glacier
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Norwegian Bokmål—“Kjerulf Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kjerulfbreen”
- German: “Kjerulf-Gletscher”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kjerulfbreen”
- Norwegian: “Kjerulfbreen”
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