Biscayarfonna Explained

Biscayarfonna
Type:Plateau glacier
Location:Haakon VII Land
Spitsbergen, Svalbard
Map:Svalbard
Coordinates:79.7833°N 29°W
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Terminus:Raudfjorden, Breibogen
Arctic Ocean

Biscayarfonna (Biscay glacier in Nynorsk)[1] is an ice cap in Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has an elevation of 467m (1,532feet), and is located on the Haakon VII Land peninsula between Raudfjorden in the west and Breibogen bay in the east. This ice cap is named after Biscay in honour of the Basque whalers who hunted at Spitsbergen in the 17th and 18th centuries.[2] [3]

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  1. https://ordbok.uib.no/perl/ordbok.cgi?OPP=fonn&nynorsk=+&ordbok=nynorsk Nynorskordboka - fonn
  2. Web site: Biscayarfonna (Svalbard) . . 11 October 2019.
  3. Book: Arctic Pilot: Sailing directions Svalbard - Jan Mayen . 1988 . 7 . The Norwegian Hydrographic Service and The Norwegian Polar Institute . Stavanger . 82-90653-06-9 .