Hovtinden is a mountain in
Oscar II Land
Oscar II Land is the land area between Isfjorden and Kongsfjorden on Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The long glacier Sveabreen divides Oscar II Land from James I Land.
The area is named after Oscar II of Sweden
Oscar II (Oscar Fredrik; 21 January ...
at
Spitsbergen,
Svalbard. It has a height of 575
m.a.s.l.
Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''.
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and is located on the ridge of
Värmlandryggen
Värmlandryggen is a mountain ridge in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The ridge has a length of about nine kilometers, and is located at the northern side of Isfjorden, east of Trygghamna and Lovénvatnet, and west of Ymerbukta
Ymerb ...
. Other peaks along the ridge are
Klaratoppen,
Karlstadtoppen and
Svenskegga.
References
Mountains of Spitsbergen
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