Kronebreen is a tidewater glacier located at the western side of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is one of the largest glaciers on Svalbard, draining about 690 square kilometers. The glacier moves with an average speed of two meters per day.[1]
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Kronebreen merges with Kongsvegen glacier close to the terminus, and the two glaciers reach the ocean in Kongsfjorden.[2]
References
edit- ^ Hagen, Jon Ove. "Kronebreen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
- ^ "Kronebreen and Kongsvegen, Svalbard Initiation of Glacier Separation 2015". AGU blogs. AGU. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
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78°50′N 13°00′E / 78.833°N 13.000°E
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