Paulabreen

Paulabreen

Paulabreen

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Paulabreen is a glacier in Nathorst Land and Heer Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about fifteen kilometers, extending from the mountain of Kjølberget to the bay of Rindersbukta. The glacier is named after Paula, the wife of shipmaster Richard Ritter von Barry.[1] Paulabreen borders to the mountain area of Vriompeisen, and the mountain of Hollertoppen.[2][3] A tributary glacier is Bakaninbreen.[4]

Paulabreen debouches into Rindersbukta.

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  1. [1]
    "Paulabreen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Vriompeisen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Hollertoppen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Bakaninbreen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 22 September 2014.

77.73°N 17.30°E / 77.73; 17.30


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