Austfonna

300px|thumb|Austfonna glacier seen from Hinlopen strait Austfonna is an ice cap located on Nordaustlandet in the Svalbard archipelago in Norway. Covering an area of 7,800 km2, it is Europe's third-largest glacier by area and volume, after the Severny Island ice cap of Novaya Zemlya, Russia, and Vatnajökull in Iceland. The combined area of Austfonna and the Vegafonna ice cap is 8,492 km2.

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Glacier.name: Austfonna
Glacier.image: Nordaustlandet labelled.png
Glacier.caption: Austfonna on the island Nordaustlandet. Sørfonna is part of Austfonna, while Vestfonna is a separate glacier.
Glacier.location: Svalbard, Arctic Ocean, Norway
Glacier.area: (including Vegafonna)

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Area: 8492
Image: Nordaustlandet.jpg

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native label: Austfonna

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Austfonna has a thickness of up to 560 metres (235 meters average thickness), and is 200 km in circumference. The ice dome reaches an elevation of 783 meters above sea level.

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