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Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Glaciers
1,666
Total area
33,959 km²

Svalbard and Jan Mayen has 1,666 glaciers covering 33,959 km² in total, according to the Randolph Glacier Inventory 7.0, across 2 subregions. The largest named glacier is Austfonna, -, at 1,226 km².

Subregions

  • Svalbard

    1,583 glaciers, 33,841 km²

  • Jan Mayen

    83 glaciers, 117 km²

Largest named glaciers

  1. 1. Austfonna, -

    Svalbard, 1,226 km²

  2. 2. Austfonna, Bråsvellbreen

    Svalbard, 1,096 km²

  3. 3. Negribreen

    Svalbard, 964 km²

  4. 4. Hinlopenbreen

    Svalbard, 877 km²

  5. 5. Austfonna, Leighbreen

    Svalbard, 693 km²

  6. 6. Austfonna, -

    Svalbard, 663 km²

  7. 7. Kvitøyjøkulen

    Svalbard, 646 km²

  8. 8. Austfonna, Etonbreen

    Svalbard, 641 km²

  9. 9. Hockstatterbreen

    Svalbard, 595 km²

  10. 10. Stonebreen

    Svalbard, 582 km²

  11. 11. Austfonna, Schweigaardbreen

    Svalbard, 473 km²

  12. 12. Monacobreen

    Svalbard, 394 km²

  13. 13. Kongsbreen

    Svalbard, 379 km²

  14. 14. Austfonna, Duvebreen

    Svalbard, 356 km²

  15. 15. Idunbreen

    Svalbard, 333 km²

  16. 16. Nordre Franklinbreen

    Svalbard, 331 km²

  17. 17. Oslobreen

    Svalbard, 331 km²

  18. 18. Austfonna, -

    Svalbard, 328 km²

  19. 19. Mittag-Lefflerbreen

    Svalbard, 327 km²

  20. 20. Chydeniusbreen

    Svalbard, 319 km²

  21. 21. Veteranbreen

    Svalbard, 318 km²

  22. 22. Vestre Torrellbreen

    Svalbard, 313 km²

  23. 23. Kronebreen

    Svalbard, 296 km²

  24. 24. Palanderisen, -

    Svalbard, 291 km²

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Svalbard and Jan Mayen in numbers

Glaciers and glacier area by subregion of Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Randolph Glacier Inventory 7.0
SubregionGlaciersArea
Svalbard1,58333,841 km²
Jan Mayen83117 km²
Total1,66633,959 km²

Source: RGI 7.0 Consortium (2023), Randolph Glacier Inventory, Version 7.0, NSIDC, CC BY 4.0. Download the full list from the research portal.