Vestfjorden (Svalbard)

Vestfjorden (West Fjord) is the inner, western branch of

Wijdefjorden Wijdefjord is the longest fjord in Norway's Svalbard archipelago. Wijdefjord is located in the northern portion of the island of Spitsbergen, which lies in the Arctic Ocean about midway between Norway and the North Pole, and is the largest island ...

, between Andrée Land and the northern part of

Dickson Land Dickson Land is a land area between Isfjorden and Wijdefjorden Wijdefjord is the longest fjord in Norway's Svalbard archipelago. Wijdefjord is located in the northern portion of the island of Spitsbergen, which lies in the Arctic Ocean about ...

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 ...

in Arctic

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. It is 12 km long and 5 km wide at the inlet between Kapp Petermann, Ræstadholmen and

Krosspynten Krosspynten is a headland at the western side of Wijdefjorden in Andrée Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The branch Vestfjorden mouths into Wijdefjorden at Krosspynten. Krosspynten is included in the Indre Wijdefjorden National Park. A trapper's c ...

. Continues on land as

Vestfjorddalen ''See also Vestfjorddalen (Svalbard).'' Vestfjorddalen is a valley in Tinn, Norway, stretching from Lake Tinn westwards past Rjukan, Vemork and Rjukan Falls to Møsvatn. The Måna The Måna or Måne is a river in Tinn in Vestfold og Telemark, N ...

to the south and later southwest.

Silt Silt is granular material of a size between sand and clay and composed mostly of broken grains of quartz. Silt may occur as a soil (often mixed with sand or clay) or as sediment mixed in suspension with water. Silt usually has a floury feel when ...

y rivers comes from Landingsdalen, Yggbreen and

Angelbreen Angelbreen (Fish Hook Glacier) is a glacier in Andrée Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is located between Skuggefjellet and Skirshorg, at the western side of Vestfjorddalen. The shape of the glacier resembles a fish hook A fish hook or fishh ...

on the west, as well as Vestfjorddalen in the south, giving the fjord a reddish look in contrast to the green colour of Wijdefjorden. *

Norwegian Polar Institute The Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI; no, Norsk Polarinstitutt) is Norway's central governmental institution for scientific research, mapping and environmental monitoring in the Arctic and the Antarctic. The NPI is a directorate under Norway's Min ...

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