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Hansenbreen

Coordinates: 72°6′S 22°45′E / 72.100°S 22.750°E / -72.100; 22.750
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Hansenbreen Glacier
Location of Queen Maud Land in Antarctica
Map showing the location of Hansenbreen Glacier
Map showing the location of Hansenbreen Glacier
Location of Hansenbreen Glacier in Antarctica
Typecirque glacier
LocationQueen Maud Land
Coordinates72°6′S 22°45′E / 72.100°S 22.750°E / -72.100; 22.750
Length15 nmi (28 km; 17 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusSør Rondane Mountains
Statusunknown

Hansenbreen (72°6′S 22°45′E / 72.100°S 22.750°E / -72.100; 22.750) is a glacier 15 nautical miles (28 km) long, flowing north along the west side of Mount Nils Larsen in the Sør Rondane Mountains of Antarctica. It was roughly mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and remapped by them in greater detail in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47. It was named for Hans Edvard Hansen, a Norwegian cartographer who compiled these and other maps for Norwegian Antarctic expeditions.[1]

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  1. ^ "Hansenbreen". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-05-21.