Ahlmannfonna
| Ahlmannfonna | ||
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| location | Prins Oscars Land , Nordaustlandet | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 8 ' N , 22 ° 43' E | |
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The Ahlmannfonna (historical name: Ahlmann Ice ) is a glacier in the Prins-Oscars-Land on Nordaustlandet .
The glacier has a diameter of about 6 km and is named after the Swedish geographer Hans Wilhelmsson Ahlmann (1889–1974), who led expeditions to Svalbard in 1931 and 1934.
Web links
Ahlmannfonna . In: The Place Names of Svalbard (first edition 1942). Norsk Polarinstitutt , Oslo 2001, ISBN 82-90307-82-9 (English, Norwegian).