Bråsvellbreen

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Bråsvellbreen (English: The Sudden Swell Glacier) is a glacier in Nordaustlandet, Svalbard. The glacier is a 45 kilometre long stream southwards from the ice dome Sørdomen of Austfonna, debouching into the sea on the south coast. In the late 1930s it was observed that the glacier had exhibited a recent huge surge, forming a ten kilometre long tongue into the sea.[1][2]

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  1. ^ "Bråsvellbreen". Norwegian Polar Institute. Archived from the original on 2016-05-06. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  2. ^ Henriksen, Petter (ed.). "Bråsvellbreen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 November 2011.

Coordinates: 79°22.1′N 23°26.6′E / 79.3683°N 23.4433°E / 79.3683; 23.4433


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