Vonbreen

Vonbreen (Hope Glacier) is a glacier in Haakon VII Land and Andrée Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has an extension of about 25 kilometers, and is located south of Woodfjorden.[1] The name is a translation of the German language Hoffnungs-Gletscher, suggested by Bock and Poninski in 1908.[2] The glacier borders to Eidsvollfjellet, the highest mountain in Haakon VII Land.[3][4]

References
  1. "Vonbreen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  2. "Bock & Poninski 1908". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  3. "Eidsvollfjellet (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  4. Lauritzen, Per Roger, ed. (2009). "Haakon VII Land". Norsk Fjelleksikon (in Norwegian). Arendal: Friluftsforlaget. ISBN 978-82-91-49547-7.


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