Paulabreen

Paulabreen debouches into Rindersbukta.

Paulabreen is a glacier in Nathorst Land and Heer Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about fifteen kilometers, extending from the mountain of Kjølberget to the bay of Rindersbukta. The glacier is named after Paula, the wife of shipmaster Richard Ritter von Barry.[1] Paulabreen borders to the mountain area of Vriompeisen, and the mountain of Hollertoppen.[2][3] A tributary glacier is Bakaninbreen.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Paulabreen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Vriompeisen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Hollertoppen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Bakaninbreen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 22 September 2014.

Coordinates: 77°44′N 17°18′E / 77.73°N 17.30°E / 77.73; 17.30


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