Passfjellbreen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Alternative Names:	Passfjellbreen
Type:	Glacier(s) - a mass of ice, usually at high latitudes or high elevations, with sufficient thickness to flow away from the source area in lobes, tongues, or masses
Mindat.org Region:	Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Region:	Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Latitude:	78° 1' 0" N
Longitude:	15° 3' 0" E
Lat/Long (dec):	78.01667,15.05
Köppen climate type:	ET : Tundra
Mindat Feature ID:	2729331
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:2729331:5
GUID:	0

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Mindat.org localities near to this feature

Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Scott Turnerbreen glacier, Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	78° 6' 23" N	15° 57' 7" E	23.0km (14.3 miles)
Longyear Valley, Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	78° 11' 48" N	15° 33' 43" E	23.2km (14.4 miles)
Gruve 5 Mine, Adventdalen, Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	78° 10' 45" N	15° 44' 17" E	24.0km (14.9 miles)
Gruve 2b Mine, Longyear Valley, Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	78° 12' 15" N	15° 36' 9" E	24.4km (15.2 miles)
Gruve 1 Mine, Longyear Valley, Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	78° 12' 59" N	15° 35' 40" E	25.5km (15.8 miles)
Gruve 2 Mine, Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	78° 12' 50" N	15° 38' 17" E	25.7km (16.0 miles)
Gruve 6 Mine, Adventdalen, Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	78° 10' 17" N	15° 54' 42" E	26.2km (16.3 miles)
Gruve 3 Mine, Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	78° 14' 18" N	15° 26' 40" E	26.3km (16.3 miles)
Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	78° 13' 23" N	15° 38' 46" E	26.7km (16.6 miles)
Gruve 7 Mine, Adventdalen, Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	78° 9' 24" N	16° 1' 23" E	27.2km (16.9 miles)
Kapp Mineral, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	78° 4' 33" N	13° 41' 36" E	31.9km (19.8 miles)
Sinkholmen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	77° 44' 59" N	14° 15' 3" E	35.0km (21.8 miles)
Janusfjellet, Sassenfjorden, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	78° 20' 3" N	15° 49' 8" E	39.4km (24.5 miles)
Sveagruva, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	77° 54' 0" N	16° 43' 50" E	41.1km (25.5 miles)
Sassenfjorden, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	78° 22' 9" N	15° 57' 27" E	44.3km (27.5 miles)
Recherchefjorden, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	77° 31' 30" N	14° 40' 0" E	55.4km (34.4 miles)
Asbestodden, Recherchefjorden, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	77° 29' 30" N	14° 36' 27" E	59.3km (36.8 miles)
Skansbukta Gypsum Mine, Dickson Land, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	78° 31' 37" N	16° 2' 53" E	61.1km (38.0 miles)
Pyramiden Coal Mine, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	78° 40' 4" N	16° 19' 10" E	77.8km (48.4 miles)
Oscar II Land, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	78° 40' 0" N	13° 30' 0" E	80.2km (49.8 miles)
Adolf Bay, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	78° 37' 51" N	16° 55' 53" E	80.4km (49.9 miles)
Sveabreen, Oscar II Land, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	78° 41' 40" N	13° 36' 48" E	82.0km (50.9 miles)
Dickson Land, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	78° 50' 17" N	15° 54' 39" E	93.3km (58.0 miles)
Zeipeldalen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	78° 54' 32" N	15° 59' 32" E	101.4km (63.0 miles)
Skoddefjellet Pegmatite, Hornsund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	77° 1' 51" N	15° 26' 25" E	110.0km (68.3 miles)
Austfjorden, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	79° 1' 40" N	16° 12' 16" E	115.3km (71.7 miles)
Ridderborgen, Austfjorden, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	79° 2' 9" N	16° 0' 53" E	115.3km (71.7 miles)
Gråkammen, Austfjorden, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	79° 3' 30" N	15° 51' 8" E	117.2km (72.8 miles)
Ny-Friesland, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	79° 0' 0" N	17° 0' 0" E	117.5km (73.0 miles)
Hornsund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	76° 57' 43" N	15° 34' 22" E	117.9km (73.3 miles)

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

Eurasian Plate	Tectonic Plate
Svalbard Caledonides, Eurasian Plate	Orogenic Belt
Europe	Continent
Norway	Country
Svalbard, Norway	Archipelago
Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	Island

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