Longyearbreen

Norwegian Bokmål no Longyearbreen thumb|Longyearbreen and Lars Hiertafjellet, south of Longyearbyen. Etymology Compound of nb Longyearbyen breen town in Svalbard the glacier, with the first element shortened to Longyear-, literally “the Longyear glacier”. Named after nb Longyearbyen.https://data.npolar.no/placename/d0976dac-5430-5ed7-a425-57e32317fce2 Longyearbreen The Place Names of Svalbard and Jan Mayen Norsk Polarinstitutt 2026-10-02 The first element ultimately comes from the nb en - surname Longyear, borne by John Munro Longyear (1850–1922), after whom the town was named.https://snl.no/Longyearbyen Longyearbyen Store norske leksikon 2026-10-02 The second element is the definite singular of nb bre glacier, whose further origin is uncertain; compare non breðafǫnn large snowdrift, glacier and is breði glacier.https://naob.no/ordbok/bre_2 bre Det Norske Akademis ordbok 2026-10-02 Compare nn Longyearbreen. Pronunciation nb /¹lɔŋjərˌbreːən/ [ˈlɔ̀ŋjəɾˌbɾeːən]Pronunciation inferred from the entries for Longyearbyen and breen in https://www.nb.no/sprakbanken/ressurskatalog/oai-nb-no-sbr-79/ NB Uttale Språkbanken Nasjonalbiblioteket 2026-10-02. nb eːən 4 nb Long year bre en Proper noun nb proper noun Longyearbreen (Longyear Glacier); a glacier at the head of nb Longyeardalen on Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway. nb Vi gikk på ski over Longyearbreen. We skied across Longyear Glacier. nb 1962 Per Sunding Høydegrenser for høyere planter på Svalbard Norsk Polarinstitutt: Årbok 1960 Norsk Polarinstitutt 34 https://brage.npolar.no/npolar-xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/172773/Aarbok_1960.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=1 fra den øvre enden av sidemorenen ved Longyearbreen from the upper end of the lateral moraine beside Longyear Glacier nb 2011 Gisle Grimeland Botaniske streif på tur til Hardangerjøkulen: Jensens nunatakker Listéra 26 2 47 https://www.miclis.no/tbf/Listera%202011-2%20Screen.pdf I et tankesprang drar jeg til Svalbard og tilsvarende elvesletter foran Longyearbreen. My thoughts leap to Svalbard and similar river plains in front of Longyear Glacier. nb 2020 Heidi Sævareid Longyearbyen Gyldendal 9788205534322 https://gamle.gyldendal.no/artikler/utdrag-fra-heidi-saevareids-roman-longyearbyen/ Finn pleier ofte å komme ut på terrassen for å følge med på henne mens hun går den faste ruten sin over Longyearbreen. Finn often comes out onto the terrace to watch her as she follows her usual route across Longyear Glacier. Related terms nb Longyearbyen nb Longyeardalen Longyear Valley nb Longyearelva Longyear River References nb Places in Svalbard nb eponyms