Dunérfjellet is a mountain on

Svenskøya Svenskøya ( English: "Swedish Island") is an island in Svalbard. It is the second largest island of Kong Karls Land with an area of 137 km². Svenskøya is separated from Kongsøya by the strait Rivalensundet. The island is separated from ...

Kong Karls Land Kong Karls Land or King Charles Land is an island group in the Svalbard archipelago, in the Arctic Ocean. The island group covers an area of and is made up of the islands of Kongsøya, Svenskøya, Abel Island, Helgoland Island, and Tirpitzø ...

Svalbard Svalbard ( , ), previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norway, Norwegian archipelago that lies at the convergence of the Arctic Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean. North of continental Europe, mainland Europe, it lies about midway be ...

. It has a height of 230

m.a.s.l. Height above mean sea level is a measure of a location's vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) in reference to a vertical datum based on a historic mean sea level. In geodesy, it is formalized as orthometric height. The zero level vari ...

, and is located at the northern part of the island, separated from Mohnhøgda by the mountain pass Vindsalen. The mountain is named after Swedish astronomer

Nils Christoffer Dunér Nils Christoffer Dunér (Billeberga, Malmöhus län 21 May 1839 – Stockholm 10 November 1914) was a Swedish astronomer. His parents were Nils Dunér and Petronella (née Schlyter). Dunér received his doctorate from Lund University in 18 ...

. Dunérfjellet has a relatively flat

plateau In geology and physical geography, a plateau (; ; : plateaus or plateaux), also called a high plain or a tableland, is an area of a highland consisting of flat terrain that is raised sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side. ...

, with steep hills down to the lowlands of Svenskøya.

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Mountains of Svalbard Svenskøya {{svalbard-mountain-stub

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