Paulabreen

Paulabreen is a glacier in Nathorst Land and Heer Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about fifteen kilometers, extending from the mountain of Kjølberget to the bay of Rindersbukta. The glacier is named after Paula, the wife of shipmaster Richard Ritter von Barry.[1] Paulabreen borders to the mountain area of Vriompeisen, and the mountain of Hollertoppen.[2][3] A tributary glacier is Bakaninbreen.[4]

Paulabreen debouches into Rindersbukta.

References
  1. "Paulabreen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  2. "Vriompeisen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  3. "Hollertoppen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  4. "Bakaninbreen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 22 September 2014.

77.73°N 17.30°E / 77.73; 17.30


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