Barnhart 2010 Glaciomarine Sediment Flux and Transportation Mechanisms, Kronebreen/Kongsvegen, Kongsfjorden, Svalbard
Abstract: Arctic tidewater glaciers are likely to respond rapidly to changes in climate, due to a variety of climate forcing mechanisms. This study is designed to assess how these glaciers are now responding to these changes. We collected marine sediment samples near Kronebreen/Kongsvegan, a polythe...
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EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > LAKE LEVELS EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > LAND RECORDS > SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > VARVE DEPOSITS EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > DEGRADATION EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SEDIMENT TRANSPORT EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > SEDIMENT TRANSPORT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > TURBIDITY EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LAND TEMPERATURE > LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > ENTRAINMENT EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIERS EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIERS EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SEDIMENTATION EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > SOIL TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SUSPENDED SOLIDS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > SAMPLERS > GRABBERS/TRAPS/COLLECTORS > SEDIMENT TRAPS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > CORERS > SEDIMENT CORERS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > CONDUCTIVITY SENSORS > CONDUCTIVITY METERS EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING > PHOTON/OPTICAL DETECTORS > CAMERAS > CAMERAS EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING > PROFILERS/SOUNDERS > TEMPERATURE PROFILERS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > RECORDERS/LOGGERS > TEMPERATURE LOGGERS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > GAUGES > STREAM GAUGES EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING > POSITIONING/NAVIGATION > GPS > GPS > GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > ACTIVE REMOTE SENSING > PROFILERS/SOUNDERS > ACOUSTIC SOUNDERS > ECHO SOUNDERS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > PROBES > PROBES IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > CORERS > CORING DEVICES IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > PROBES > STEEL MEASURING TAPE IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > CURRENT/WIND METERS > CURRENT METERS MANNED FIELD STATION HOURLY TO DAILY DAILY TO WEEKLY ANNUAL 1 MINUTE TO 1 HOUR MONTHLY TO ANNUAL WEEKLY TO MONTHLY inlandWaters oceans environment climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere |
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EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > LAKE LEVELS EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > LAND RECORDS > SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > VARVE DEPOSITS EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > DEGRADATION EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SEDIMENT TRANSPORT EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > SEDIMENT TRANSPORT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > TURBIDITY EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LAND TEMPERATURE > LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > ENTRAINMENT EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIERS EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIERS EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SEDIMENTATION EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > SOIL TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SUSPENDED SOLIDS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > SAMPLERS > GRABBERS/TRAPS/COLLECTORS > SEDIMENT TRAPS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > CORERS > SEDIMENT CORERS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > CONDUCTIVITY SENSORS > CONDUCTIVITY METERS EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING > PHOTON/OPTICAL DETECTORS > CAMERAS > CAMERAS EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING > PROFILERS/SOUNDERS > TEMPERATURE PROFILERS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > RECORDERS/LOGGERS > TEMPERATURE LOGGERS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > GAUGES > STREAM GAUGES EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING > POSITIONING/NAVIGATION > GPS > GPS > GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > ACTIVE REMOTE SENSING > PROFILERS/SOUNDERS > ACOUSTIC SOUNDERS > ECHO SOUNDERS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > PROBES > PROBES IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > CORERS > CORING DEVICES IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > PROBES > STEEL MEASURING TAPE IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > CURRENT/WIND METERS > CURRENT METERS MANNED FIELD STATION HOURLY TO DAILY DAILY TO WEEKLY ANNUAL 1 MINUTE TO 1 HOUR MONTHLY TO ANNUAL WEEKLY TO MONTHLY inlandWaters oceans environment climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere ACADIS Community Support Barnhart 2010 Glaciomarine Sediment Flux and Transportation Mechanisms, Kronebreen/Kongsvegen, Kongsfjorden, Svalbard |
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EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > LAKE LEVELS EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > LAND RECORDS > SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > VARVE DEPOSITS EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > DEGRADATION EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SEDIMENT TRANSPORT EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > SEDIMENT TRANSPORT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > TURBIDITY EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LAND TEMPERATURE > LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > ENTRAINMENT EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIERS EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIERS EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SEDIMENTATION EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > SOIL TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SUSPENDED SOLIDS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > SAMPLERS > GRABBERS/TRAPS/COLLECTORS > SEDIMENT TRAPS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > CORERS > SEDIMENT CORERS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > CONDUCTIVITY SENSORS > CONDUCTIVITY METERS EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING > PHOTON/OPTICAL DETECTORS > CAMERAS > CAMERAS EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING > PROFILERS/SOUNDERS > TEMPERATURE PROFILERS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > RECORDERS/LOGGERS > TEMPERATURE LOGGERS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > GAUGES > STREAM GAUGES EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING > POSITIONING/NAVIGATION > GPS > GPS > GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > ACTIVE REMOTE SENSING > PROFILERS/SOUNDERS > ACOUSTIC SOUNDERS > ECHO SOUNDERS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > PROBES > PROBES IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > CORERS > CORING DEVICES IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > PROBES > STEEL MEASURING TAPE IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > CURRENT/WIND METERS > CURRENT METERS MANNED FIELD STATION HOURLY TO DAILY DAILY TO WEEKLY ANNUAL 1 MINUTE TO 1 HOUR MONTHLY TO ANNUAL WEEKLY TO MONTHLY inlandWaters oceans environment climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere |
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Abstract: Arctic tidewater glaciers are likely to respond rapidly to changes in climate, due to a variety of climate forcing mechanisms. This study is designed to assess how these glaciers are now responding to these changes. We collected marine sediment samples near Kronebreen/Kongsvegan, a polythermal subpolar tidewater glacier in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, over the summer melt season of 2009. CTD/OBS and meteorological data were also collected to characterize this dynamic Arctic system. One-to-three-day modern sediment records were collected near the top, the middle, and the bottom of the fjord water column with mooring locations ranging in depth from 20 to 120 m below sea level. Accumulation rates from the bottommost sediment traps of 380, 220, and 160 kg/m2/yr were found at 0.45, 0.75, and 1.00 km, respectively, from the ice-marginal delta on the southern edge of Kronebreen/Kongsvegan. Sedimentation rates appear to decrease logarithmically away from the ice-marginal delta. Couplets of coarse and fine sediment were found in sediment traps from the meltwater sediment plume indicating a diurnal meltwater discharge pattern. The couplets may be due more to solar incidence than to temperature and precipitation. Tidal current velocity may play a role in differentiating coarse and fine particles as they are released from the meltwater sediment plume, but there is not sufficient evidence to test for this fully. |
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Barnhart 2010 Glaciomarine Sediment Flux and Transportation Mechanisms, Kronebreen/Kongsvegen, Kongsfjorden, Svalbard |
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Barnhart 2010 Glaciomarine Sediment Flux and Transportation Mechanisms, Kronebreen/Kongsvegen, Kongsfjorden, Svalbard |
title_full |
Barnhart 2010 Glaciomarine Sediment Flux and Transportation Mechanisms, Kronebreen/Kongsvegen, Kongsfjorden, Svalbard |
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Barnhart 2010 Glaciomarine Sediment Flux and Transportation Mechanisms, Kronebreen/Kongsvegen, Kongsfjorden, Svalbard |
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Barnhart 2010 Glaciomarine Sediment Flux and Transportation Mechanisms, Kronebreen/Kongsvegen, Kongsfjorden, Svalbard |
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barnhart 2010 glaciomarine sediment flux and transportation mechanisms, kronebreen/kongsvegen, kongsfjorden, svalbard |
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Arctic Data Center |
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2013 |
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https://doi.org/10.18739/A25P6W |
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ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN ENVELOPE(11.64,13.34,79.016,78.833) |
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ENVELOPE(20.000,20.000,78.000,78.000) ENVELOPE(13.333,13.333,78.833,78.833) ENVELOPE(12.657,12.657,78.854,78.854) ENVELOPE(11.64,13.34,79.016,78.833) |
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Arctic Svalbard Jan Mayen Svalbard Kronebreen Kongsvegen |
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Arctic Svalbard Jan Mayen Svalbard Kronebreen Kongsvegen |
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Arctic glacier Ice Sheet Jan Mayen Kongsfjord* Kongsfjorden North Atlantic Svalbard Tidewater |
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Arctic glacier Ice Sheet Jan Mayen Kongsfjord* Kongsfjorden North Atlantic Svalbard Tidewater |
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https://doi.org/10.18739/A25P6W |
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dataone:doi:10.18739/A25P6W 2024-06-03T18:46:41+00:00 Barnhart 2010 Glaciomarine Sediment Flux and Transportation Mechanisms, Kronebreen/Kongsvegen, Kongsfjorden, Svalbard ACADIS Community Support ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN ENVELOPE(11.64,13.34,79.016,78.833) 2013-11-08T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.18739/A25P6W unknown Arctic Data Center EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > LAKE LEVELS EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > LAND RECORDS > SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > VARVE DEPOSITS EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > DEGRADATION EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SEDIMENT TRANSPORT EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > SEDIMENT TRANSPORT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > TURBIDITY EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LAND TEMPERATURE > LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > ENTRAINMENT EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIERS EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIERS EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SEDIMENTATION EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > SOIL TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SUSPENDED SOLIDS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > SAMPLERS > GRABBERS/TRAPS/COLLECTORS > SEDIMENT TRAPS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > CORERS > SEDIMENT CORERS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > CONDUCTIVITY SENSORS > CONDUCTIVITY METERS EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING > PHOTON/OPTICAL DETECTORS > CAMERAS > CAMERAS EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING > PROFILERS/SOUNDERS > TEMPERATURE PROFILERS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > RECORDERS/LOGGERS > TEMPERATURE LOGGERS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > GAUGES > STREAM GAUGES EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING > POSITIONING/NAVIGATION > GPS > GPS > GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > ACTIVE REMOTE SENSING > PROFILERS/SOUNDERS > ACOUSTIC SOUNDERS > ECHO SOUNDERS IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > PROBES > PROBES IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > CORERS > CORING DEVICES IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > PROBES > STEEL MEASURING TAPE IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > CURRENT/WIND METERS > CURRENT METERS MANNED FIELD STATION HOURLY TO DAILY DAILY TO WEEKLY ANNUAL 1 MINUTE TO 1 HOUR MONTHLY TO ANNUAL WEEKLY TO MONTHLY inlandWaters oceans environment climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere Dataset 2013 dataone:urn:node:ARCTIC https://doi.org/10.18739/A25P6W 2024-06-03T18:08:13Z Abstract: Arctic tidewater glaciers are likely to respond rapidly to changes in climate, due to a variety of climate forcing mechanisms. This study is designed to assess how these glaciers are now responding to these changes. We collected marine sediment samples near Kronebreen/Kongsvegan, a polythermal subpolar tidewater glacier in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, over the summer melt season of 2009. CTD/OBS and meteorological data were also collected to characterize this dynamic Arctic system. One-to-three-day modern sediment records were collected near the top, the middle, and the bottom of the fjord water column with mooring locations ranging in depth from 20 to 120 m below sea level. Accumulation rates from the bottommost sediment traps of 380, 220, and 160 kg/m2/yr were found at 0.45, 0.75, and 1.00 km, respectively, from the ice-marginal delta on the southern edge of Kronebreen/Kongsvegan. Sedimentation rates appear to decrease logarithmically away from the ice-marginal delta. Couplets of coarse and fine sediment were found in sediment traps from the meltwater sediment plume indicating a diurnal meltwater discharge pattern. The couplets may be due more to solar incidence than to temperature and precipitation. Tidal current velocity may play a role in differentiating coarse and fine particles as they are released from the meltwater sediment plume, but there is not sufficient evidence to test for this fully. Dataset Arctic glacier Ice Sheet Jan Mayen Kongsfjord* Kongsfjorden North Atlantic Svalbard Tidewater Arctic Data Center (via DataONE) Arctic Svalbard Jan Mayen Svalbard ENVELOPE(20.000,20.000,78.000,78.000) Kronebreen ENVELOPE(13.333,13.333,78.833,78.833) Kongsvegen ENVELOPE(12.657,12.657,78.854,78.854) ENVELOPE(11.64,13.34,79.016,78.833) |