Austfonna

Svalbard · Norway

Austfonna, Norway
Photo: satellite image created by the MODIS Rapid Response System, NASA/GSFC, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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One of the largest ice caps in Europe by area, spread across Nordaustlandet in the Svalbard archipelago. Its long calving ice front feeds icebergs directly into the Arctic sea and is a landmark of high-latitude glaciology.

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