Penckbreen

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Aerial view from Wedel Jarlsberg Land, southwestern Spitsbergen, Norway
Aerial view from Wedel Jarlsberg Land, southwestern Spitsbergen, Norway

Penckbreen is a glacier in Wedel Jarlsberg Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is named after German geographer Albrecht Penck.[1] The glacier has a length of about 22 kilometers, and is situated west of the mountain ridge of Friherrefjella.[2][3] Tributary glaciers are Suessbreen, Tirolarbreen and Sveitsarfonna.[2]

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