Negribreen
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Negribreen is glacier
at Spitsbergen
, Svalbard. The glacier debouch
es 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 1180 km² (455.6 sq mi). It is named after Italian geographer Christoforo Negri.
Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
at Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen is the largest and only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in Norway. Constituting the western-most bulk of the archipelago, it borders the Arctic Ocean, the Norwegian Sea and the Greenland Sea...
, Svalbard. The glacier debouch
Debouch
Debouch is a term used in river and stream geography, and the military.-Geography:In fluvial geography, a debouch is a place where a body of water pours forth from a narrow opening...
es into Storfjorden, in Olav V Land
Olav V Land
Olav V Land is the largest glacier of Spitsbergen Island, Svalbard. It covers about 4150 km².The only larger ice cap in the Svalbard Archipelago is Austfonna in Nordaustlandet with 8492 km².-References:* http://www.ssb.no/aarbok/kart/i.html...
and Sabine Land
Sabine Land
Sabine Land is a land area on the east coast of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is named after explorer General Sir Edward Sabine. Among the glaciers in the area is the 250 square kilometre wide cap Nordmannsfonna....
, and forms a wide glacier front with the moving extreme point Kapp Antinori. The glacier covers an area of about 1180 km² (455.6 sq mi). It is named after Italian geographer Christoforo Negri.