Rosenthalbreen is a glacier in Gustav Adolf Land in Nordaustlandet, Svalbard. It is named after German shipowner and expedition organizer Friedrich Wilhelm Albert Rosenthal.[1] The glacier is an outlet from Vegafonna.[2] It borders to the coastal plain of Svartknausflya,[3] and drains into the sea east of Torellneset,[2] into the bay Ulvebukta of Hinlopen Strait.

References

  1. ↑ "Rosenthalbreen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  2. 1 2 Arctic Pilot: Sailing directions Svalbard–Jan Mayen. Vol. 7. Stavanger: The Norwegian Hydrographic Service and The Norwegian Polar Institute. 1988. p. 343. ISBN 82-90653-06-9.
  3. ↑ "Svartknausflya (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 22 October 2013.

79°23′08″N 21°26′57″E / 79.3856°N 21.4493°E / 79.3856; 21.4493


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