Blomstrandbreen

{{Short description|Glacier in Svalbard}}

{{Use dmy dates |date=October 2023}}

{{Infobox glacier

| name = Blomstrandbreen

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| photo = Blomstrandbreen 5.JPG

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| type = Glacier

| location = Haakon VII Land
Spitsbergen, Svalbard

| map = Svalbard

| map_caption = Location

| coordinates = {{coord|79.0662|N|12.3815|E|display=inline,title}}

| mark = Blue_pog.svg

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| length = 18 kilometres

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Blomstrandbreen is a glacier in Haakon VII Land at the western side of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of 18 kilometres, extending from Isachsenfonna down to Kongsfjorden. The glacier is named after geologist Christian Wilhelm Blomstrand.{{cite web |url=http://placenames.npolar.no/stadnamn/Blomstrandbreen?ident=1301 |title=Blomstrandbreen (Svalbard) |publisher=Norwegian Polar Institute |accessdate=4 March 2013 |archive-date=28 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228092231/http://placenames.npolar.no/stadnamn/Blomstrandbreen?ident=1301 |url-status=dead }}{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Norsk Fjelleksikon|title=Blomstrandbreen|editor-first=Per Roger |editor-last=Lauritzen |editor-link=Per Roger Lauritzen |page= |year=2009 |publisher=Friluftsforlaget |location=Arendal |language=Norwegian |isbn=978-82-91-49547-7}} To the northwest of the glacier is the mountain area of Mercantonfjellet.{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Norsk Fjelleksikon|title=Mercantonfjellet|editor-first=Per Roger |editor-last=Lauritzen |editor-link=Per Roger Lauritzen |page= |year=2009 |publisher=Friluftsforlaget |location=Arendal |language=Norwegian |isbn=978-82-91-49547-7}} Overall, the Blomstrandbreen glacier has retreated over 2 kilometers since 1928 and more than 3 kilometers since 1861.{{Cite journal |last1=Burton |first1=David J. |last2=Benson |first2=Dowdeswell J. A. |last3=Hogan |first3=Kelly A. |last4=Hogan |first4=Kelly A. |last5=Noormets |first5=Riko |date=2018-01-05 |title= Marginal fluctuations of a Svalbard surge-Type tidewater glacier, Blomstrandbreen, since the Little Ice Age: a record of three surges |journal=Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research |volume=48 |issue=2 |doi=10.1657/AAAR0014-094}}