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Svartfjellstranda ("The Black Mountain Beach") is a lowland 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 ...
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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 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 ...
, between the sea and
Svartfjella Svartfjella ("The Black Mountains") is a mountain area in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is located between the glacier of Bullbreen and the lowland of Svartfjellstranda, at the eastern side of Forlandsundet. The highest peak is 674 m. ...
. The area extends about 5.5 kilometers northwards from the brook of Svartfjellbekken.


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Geography of Svalbard Spitsbergen {{Spitsbergen-geo-stub