Isachsenfonna

{{Short description|Glacier in Svalbard}}

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| type = Plateau glacier

| location = Haakon VII Land
Spitsbergen, Svalbard

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| area = {{convert|140|sqkm|abbr=on}}

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Isachsenfonna is a plateau glacier in Haakon VII Land at the northwestern part of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It covers an area of about 140 km2, and reaches a height of about {{convert|900|m|abbr=on}} above sea level. The glacier is named after polar scientist Gunnar Isachsen, who traversed the glacier in 1906.{{cite web |url=http://placenames.npolar.no/stadnamn/Isachsenfonna|title=Isachsenfonna (Svalbard) |publisher=Norwegian Polar Institute |accessdate=4 March 2013}}

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Category:Glaciers of Spitsbergen

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