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Torellbreen

Coordinates: 77°10′54″N 15°00′23″E / 77.1817°N 15.0063°E / 77.1817; 15.0063
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Torellbreen
Austre Torellbreen seen from west
Map showing the location of Torellbreen
Map showing the location of Torellbreen
Location
TypeGlacier
LocationWedel Jarlsberg Land
Spitsbergen, Svalbard
Coordinates77°10′54″N 15°00′23″E / 77.1817°N 15.0063°E / 77.1817; 15.0063

Torellbreen is a glacier in Wedel Jarlsberg Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It forms a front below the mountain Raudfjellet, with a length of about twenty kilometers, and is a merge of the two glaciers Austre Torellbreen and Vestre Torellbreen. The glacier is named after Swedish scientist Otto Martin Torell.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ "Torellbreen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  2. ^ Arctic Pilot: Sailing directions Svalbard–Jan Mayen. Vol. 7. Stavanger: The Norwegian Hydrographic Service and The Norwegian Polar Institute. 1988. p. 201. ISBN 82-90653-06-9.