Sefströmkammen is a mountain ridge in
Nordenskiöld Land
Nordenskiöld Land is the land area between Isfjorden and Van Mijenfjorden on Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The area is named after Finnish-Swedish explorer and geologist Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld. The coastal region of Nordenskiöld Land (Nordensk ...
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 has a length of about six kilometers, extending along
Aurdalen from
Søre Aurdalsbre, and comprises the peak of
Hamretoppen and other peaks. The ridge is named after Swedish geologist
Nils Gabriel Sefström. The glacier-dammed
Kamvatnet is located between Sefströmkammen and
Fridtjovbreen
Fridtjovbreen is a glacier in Nordenskiöld Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about 14 kilometers, and debouches into the bay Fridtjovhamna at the northern side of Van Mijenfjorden. The name stems from a hunting vessel used during ...
. The lower ridge of
Flathaugen is proximate to Sefströmkammen.
See also
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Sefströmbreen
References
Mountains of Spitsbergen
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