Svartfjella ("The Black Mountains") is a mountain area in
Oscar II Land at
Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen (; formerly known as West Spitsbergen; Norwegian: ''Vest Spitsbergen'' or ''Vestspitsbergen'' , also sometimes spelled Spitzbergen) is the largest and the only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norw ...
,
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 ...
. It is located between the glacier of
Bullbreen Bullbreen is a glacier in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about six kilometers, originates from Svartfjella, runs between Holmesletfjella and Bulltinden, and debouches into St. Jonsfjorden St. Jonsfjorden is a fjord in ...
and the lowland of
Svartfjellstranda, at the eastern side of
Forlandsundet
Forlandsundet is an 88 km long sound separating Prins Karls Forland and Spitsbergen. Its northern limits are Fuglehuken to the west and Kvadehuken to the east. Its southern limits are Salpynten to the west and Daudmannsodden to the east.
Refer ...
. The highest peak is 674
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 ...
, and the area extends over a length of about 4.5 kilometers.
References
Mountains of Spitsbergen
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