Vestre Torellbreen
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Vestre Torellbreen on a map of SvalbardVestre Torellbreen is a glacier in Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It lies to the southwest of Wedel Jarlsberg Land, and runs southward to . There was previously a 20 km wide glacier here together with , but after the glacier split, there are now two glaciers each of around one km wide in the area known as Torellmorenen.[1]
The glacier is named after the Swedish geologist and glaciologist Professor Otto Torell (1828-1900)[2]
References[]
- ^ "Vestre Torellbreen, Svalbard - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates".
- ^ Torellbreen Stadnamn i norske polarområde, . Accessed 11 March 2013
Vestre Torellbreen runs south to Kapp Borthen in Isfjellbukta (to the left). The mountains are Peder Kokkfjellet and Buggefjellet
Coordinates: 77°16.2′N 14°49.4′E / 77.2700°N 14.8233°E
Categories:
- Glaciers of Spitsbergen
- Spitsbergen geography stubs
- Svalbard glacier stubs