Vonbreen

{{Short description|Glacier in Haakon VII Land and Andrée Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard}}

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Vonbreen (Hope Glacier) is a glacier in Haakon VII Land and Andrée Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has an extension of about 25 kilometers, and is located south of Woodfjorden.{{cite web |url=http://placenames.npolar.no/stadnamn/Vonbreen |title=Vonbreen (Svalbard) |publisher=Norwegian Polar Institute |accessdate=27 September 2013}} The name is a translation of the German language Hoffnungs-Gletscher, suggested by Bock and Poninski in 1908.{{cite web |url=http://placenames.npolar.no/referanse/118 |title=Bock & Poninski 1908|publisher=Norwegian Polar Institute |accessdate=19 November 2013}} The glacier borders to Eidsvollfjellet, the highest mountain in Haakon VII Land.{{cite web |url=http://placenames.npolar.no/stadnamn/Eidsvollfjellet |title=Eidsvollfjellet (Svalbard) |publisher=Norwegian Polar Institute |accessdate=19 November 2013}}{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Norsk Fjelleksikon|title=Haakon VII Land|editor-first=Per Roger |editor-last=Lauritzen |editor-link=Per Roger Lauritzen |year=2009 |publisher=Friluftsforlaget |location=Arendal |language=Norwegian |isbn=978-82-91-49547-7}}

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Category:Glaciers of Spitsbergen

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