Barentsjøkulen
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Barentsjøkulen is a glacier
on Barentsøya
, Svalbard
. The glacier covers an area of about 571 km² (220.5 sq mi). It is named after the Barents Island, which again is named after Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz.
Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
on Barentsøya
Barentsøya
Barents Island is one of the smaller islands in the Svalbard archipelago, lying between Edge Island and Spitsbergen. Barents Island has no permanent human inhabitants. Named for the Dutch explorer Willem Barents , it is a part of Norway.An Arctic island, around 43 per cent its area of is glaciated...
, Svalbard
Svalbard
Svalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic, constituting the northernmost part of Norway. It is located north of mainland Europe, midway between mainland Norway and the North Pole. The group of islands range from 74° to 81° north latitude , and from 10° to 35° east longitude. Spitsbergen is the...
. The glacier covers an area of about 571 km² (220.5 sq mi). It is named after the Barents Island, which again is named after Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz.