Bakaninbreen merges with Paulabreen before the combined glacier debouches into the bay of Rindersbukta.

Bakaninbreen is a glacier in Heer Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about 9.5 kilometers, and merges with the glacier of Paulabreen. The glacier is named after a member of the Swedish-Russian Arc-of-Meridian Expedition.[1] The mountain of Hollertoppen is located between Bakaninbreen and Ragna-Mariebreen.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Bakaninbreen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Hollertoppen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 22 September 2014.

77°45′50″N 17°30′00″E / 77.764°N 17.500°E / 77.764; 17.500


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.