Hambergfjellet 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 440
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 geographer and Arctic explorer
Axel Hamberg
Axel Hamberg (17 January 1863 – 28 June 1933) was a Swedish mineralogist, geographer and explorer. Biography
Hamberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden.
He was the son of Nils Peter Hamberg (1815-1902) and Emma Augusta Christina Härnström (18 ...
. The mountain has given name to the geological unit
Hambergfjellet Formation, which complete section exposures from the cliffs of Hambergfjellet and
Alfredfjellet Alfredfjellet is a mountain at the island of Bjørnøya of the Svalbard 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 refere ...
.
References
Mountains of Bear Island (Norway)
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