Torell Land
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Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen is the largest and only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in Norway. Constituting the western-most bulk of the archipelago, it borders the Arctic Ocean, the Norwegian Sea and the Greenland Sea...
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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...
. It is named after Otto Martin Torell
Otto Martin Torell
Otto Martin Torell was a Swedish naturalist and geologist. He was born in Varberg, Sweden on the June 5, 1828. He was educated at Lund University for the medical profession, but became interested in zoological and geological studies, and being of independent means he devoted himself to science.He...
. The glaciers Hornbreen and Hambergbreen divide Torell Land from Sørkapp Land
Sørkapp Land
Sørkapp Land is the land area south of the fjord Hornsund, at the southern part of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The glaciers Hornbreen and Hambergbreen divide Sørkapp Land from the Torell Land.Sørkapp Land is included in the Sør-Spitsbergen National Park....
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Torell Land is included in the Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
Sør-Spitsbergen National Park lies on south end of Spitsbergen island in the Svalbard archipelago, Norway. The park was opened in 1973 and includes Wedel Jarlsberg Land, Torell Land and Sørkapp Land. Over 65% of the region is covered with glacier or permanent ice and snow.-References:...
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