Lisbetbreen

Map of the Indre Wijdefjorden National Park with Lisbetbreen to the west.

Lisbetbreen (Lisbet Glacier) is a tributary glacier on the northwestern side of Universitetsbreen, on the divide between Andrée Land and James I Land in Spitsbergen, Svalbard in Arctic Norway. It is approx. 15 km long 'Z'-shaped flowing in an easterly direction from Millarpasset in the northwest, turning southeast along Spissfjellet and finally east again at the concourse with Universitetsbreen into Vestfjorddalen.[1]

Named after Elisabeth Cathrine Høeg, née Blom (1898-1927), wife of Ove Arbo Høeg, Norwegian botanist and palaeontologist, curator of the Museum of Trondheim, member of the Norwegian Svalbard Expedition 1924.

References

  1. ↑ "Lisbetbreen". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 27 February 2012.

Coordinates: 79°4.1′N 15°1.8′E / 79.0683°N 15.0300°E / 79.0683; 15.0300

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