Vriompeisen ("The Wronghead") is a mountain area in

Nathorst Land Nathorst Land is the land area between Van Keulenfjorden and Van Mijenfjorden on Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The area is named after Alfred Gabriel Nathorst Alfred Gabriel Nathorst (7 November 1850 – 20 January 1921) was a Swedish Arctic ...

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 comprises the peaks of Kroknosa, Peisen and Peisnosa, which form a U-shape surrounding the glacier of Peisbreen. Vriompeisen is located between the glaciers of

Paulabreen Paulabreen is a glacier in Nathorst Land and Heer Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about fifteen kilometers, extending from the mountain of Kjølberget to the bay of Rindersbukta. The glacier is named after Paula, the wife of ship ...

Scheelebreen Scheelebreen is a glacier in Nathorst Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about sixteen kilometers, and is located between the mountains of Vriompeisen and Fagerstafjella. The glacier is named after Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Sche ...

, Klubbebreen and Sokkbreen.

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