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Leighbreen

Islands and Archipelagos

Leighbreen is a glacier on Nordaustlandet in the Svalbard archipelago, located near its northeastern coast. It is named after the British explorer Benjamin Leigh Smith, who visited the archipelago several times during the 1870s and 1880s. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Protected Status
National Park or Reserve 1
Connections

Caused By

Glaciation, Processes

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Glaciation via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Leighbreen

In Discipline

Glaciology, Disciplines

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Glaciology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Leighbreen
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Norway

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Wikidata: Leighbreen
Sources
1. UNEP-WCMC and IUCN: Protected areas at the coordinates of Leighbreen, World Database on Protected Areas
UNEP-WCMC and IUCNname_eng and desig_eng
Quote, name_eng and desig_eng
"name_eng": "Nordaust-Svalbard", "desig_eng": "Nature Reserve (Svalbard)"
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Leighbreen (Wikipedia)
Lead section
Quote, Lead section
Leighbreen is a glacier on Nordaustlandet, Svalbard.
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Wikidata: Leighbreen
Wikidata Q3374898, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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