Alfredfjellet is a mountain at the island of
Bjørnøya of the
Svalbard
Svalbard ( , ), also known as Spitsbergen, or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. North of mainland Europe, it is about midway between the northern coast of Norway and the North Pole. The islands of the group range ...
archipelago, Norway. It has a height of 420
m.a.s.l.
Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''.
The com ...
The mountain is named after Swedish geologist and Arctic explorer
Alfred Gabriel Nathorst. Geologically, the upper part of the mountain consists of the
Permian Miseryfjellet Formation, while the underlying
Hambergfjellet Formation (by some authors named ''Alfredfjellet Formation'') displays complete section exposures from the cliffs of Alfredfjellet (as well as
Hambergfjellet).
References
Mountains of Bear Island (Norway)
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