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Hansbreen    (Approved)
  Area:Svalbard
  Position:77°3.8'N 15°38.3'E
  Map sheet:S100 B12 Torellbreen
S1000 Svalbard
  Category:Glacier
  References:Svalbard chart S. 5 (1933)

Definition:
Major glacier north of Hornsund, south in Wedel Jarlsberg Land

Origin:
After Hans Rafael Wilczek, 1861-1929, Austrian count, son of Count Hans Wilczek

Hansbreen, see red dot

(longitude rounded to nearest degree, latitude to 0.1 degree)

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