Negribreen

M. Presnyakov, The 2014 RGO expedition to Spitzbergen: landing at Negribreen, 2014, watercolor on paper

Negribreen is glacier at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The glacier debouches into Storfjorden, in Olav V Land and Sabine Land, and forms a wide glacier front with the moving extreme point Kapp Antinori. The glacier covers an area of about 1,180 km2 (460 sq mi). It is named after Italian geographer Christoforo Negri.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ "Negribreen". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  2. ↑ Liestøl, Olav; Hagen, Jon Ove. "Negribreen". In Henriksen, Petter. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 23 November 2011.

Coordinates: 78°34′48″N 19°02′18″E / 78.58000°N 19.03833°E / 78.58000; 19.03833

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