Austfonna ice cap
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Austfonna ice cap is one of the largest ice caps in Europe, covering much of the island of Nordaustlandet in the Svalbard archipelago.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vestfonna ice cap | 1 |
| Austfonna | 0 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ice cap ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Governor of Svalbard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| affectedBy | climate change ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Norway ⓘ |
| covers | much of Nordaustlandet ⓘ |
| drainsInto |
Barents Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hinlopen Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAblationZone | lower-elevation margins ⓘ |
| hasArea |
about 3000 square miles
ⓘ
about 7800 square kilometres ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateRegion | high Arctic ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
calving fronts
ⓘ
ice domes ⓘ ice streams ⓘ outlet glaciers ⓘ |
| hasFlowDirection | generally outward from central dome ⓘ |
| hasHighestPointElevation |
about 2572 feet above sea level
ⓘ
about 783 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| hasLanguageName | Norwegian ⓘ |
| hasMarginType |
land-terminating margins
ⓘ
marine-terminating outlet glaciers ⓘ |
| hasMassBalanceTrend | generally negative in recent decades ⓘ |
| hasMaximumThickness |
more than 1600 feet
ⓘ
more than 500 metres ⓘ |
| hasNotableSurgeEvent | early 2010s ⓘ |
| hasProtectionStatus | within Svalbard environmental protection regime ⓘ |
| hasResearchStationNearby | various temporary field camps ⓘ |
| hasSnowAccumulationZone | central and higher-elevation areas ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceType | perennial snow and ice ⓘ |
| hasSurgeTypeGlaciers | yes ⓘ |
| isAccessibleBy |
research vessels in summer
ⓘ
snowmobile and helicopter in winter ⓘ |
| isEastOf | Vestfonna ice cap NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isOneOf | largest ice caps in Europe ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arctic Ocean
ⓘ
European Arctic NERFINISHED ⓘ Nordaustlandet NERFINISHED ⓘ Svalbard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monitoredBy |
field measurements
ⓘ
satellite remote sensing ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | East ice cap NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Nordaustlandet ice masses
ⓘ
Svalbard archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
climate change studies
ⓘ
glaciological research ⓘ sea-level rise projections ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Vestfonna ice cap