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Sjögrenfjellet
Sjögrenfjellet is a mountain on the island of Kongsøya in Kong Karls Land, Svalbard. It is named after geologist Hjalmar Sjögren. The mountain is located at the western side of the island, north of the bay Antarcticbukta Antarcticbukta is a wide bay at the southern side of Kongsøya in Kong Karls Land, Svalbard. It is located south of the mountain Sjögrenfjellet. The bay extends eastwards to the headland of Kapp Altmann, which separates the bay from the beach are ..., and is separated from Tordenskjoldberget by the mountain pass Passet. References Mountains of Svalbard Kongsøya {{svalbard-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antarcticbukta
Antarcticbukta is a wide bay at the southern side of Kongsøya in Kong Karls Land, Svalbard. It is located south of the mountain Sjögrenfjellet. The bay extends eastwards to the headland of Kapp Altmann, which separates the bay from the beach area Snøsporvstranda. References Bays of Svalbard Kongsøya {{svalbard-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tordenskjoldberget
Tordenskjoldberget is a mountain on the island of Kongsøya in Kong Karls Land, Svalbard. It is named after naval officer Peter Tordenskjold. The mountain is located at the western side of the island, south of Retziusfjellet and is separated from Sjögrenfjellet Sjögrenfjellet is a mountain on the island of Kongsøya in Kong Karls Land, Svalbard. It is named after geologist Hjalmar Sjögren. The mountain is located at the western side of the island, north of the bay Antarcticbukta Antarcticbukta is a w ... by the mountain pass Passet. References Mountains of Svalbard Kongsøya {{svalbard-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passet
Passet is a mountain pass on the island of Kongsøya in Kong Karls Land, Svalbard. It is located at the western side of Kongsøya, and separates the mountain of Sjögrenfjellet to the west from Tordenskjoldberget to the east. South of the pass is the bay Antarcticbukta, and the headland Kapp Altmann Kapp Altmann is a headland at the southern side of Kongsøya in Kong Karls Land, Svalbard Svalbard ( , ), previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norway, Norwegian archipelago that lies at the convergence of the Arctic Ocean w .... References Mountain passes of Svalbard Kongsøya {{svalbard-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kongsøya
Kongsøya is an island in Svalbard, Norway. It is the largest of the islands in King Charles Land ( Kong Karls Land). Its area is . The other main island in the chain is Svenskøya. Geography Kongsøya is the largest island in Kong Karls Land, and has a length of about 40 kilometers. It is separated from Abel Island to the east-northeast by the strait Lydiannasundet, and from Svenskøya to the west-southwest by Rivalensundet ( wide). The strait of Erik Eriksenstretet separates Kongsøya from Nordaustlandet. Kongsøya has a long, narrow and bent shape, with a number of headlands and bays. At the southern side of Kongsøya is the wide open bay Breibukta, with several islets and skerries. The islands of Helgoland Island and Tirpitzøya are located south of Breibukta. Further east, between Tømmerneset and Bremodden, is the bay Andréebukta, and on the northern side is Svenskebukta. Further east is the bay Bünsowbukta, between the headlands of Nordneset and Kapp K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Tirpitzøya. The islands, which have the largest concentration of polar bear in Svalbard, are part of the Nordaust-Svalbard Nature Reserve, along with Nordaustlandet and Kvitøya. There is a ban on traffic to the islands, which includes the areas of the sea up to 500 metres away from shore and the airspace up to 500 metres above the area. Kong Karls Land was discovered by an expedition sent by the Muscovy Company in 1617, probably from a high point on Barentsøya. They named the group ''Wiche Islands,'' after a member of the company, Richard Wyche. In the mid-19th century, the islands were rediscovered, and in 1859 the Norwegian Erik Eriksen made the first landing on Svenskøya. In 1870, the Württemberger Theodor von Heuglin named the archip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 between the northern coast of Norway and the North Pole. The islands of the group range from 74th parallel north, 74° to 81st parallel north, 81° north latitude, and from 10th meridian east, 10° to 35th meridian east, 35° east longitude. The largest island is Spitsbergen (37,673 km2), followed in size by Nordaustlandet (14,443 km2), (5,073 km2), and Barentsøya (1,288 km2). Bear Island (Norway), Bjørnøya or Bear Island (178 km2) is the most southerly island in the territory, situated some 147 km south of Spitsbergen. Other small islands in the group include Hopen (Svalbard), Hopen to the southeast of Edgeøya, Kongsøya and Svenskøya in the east, and Kvitøya to the northeast. The largest settlement is Longyearbyen, situated in Isfjor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hjalmar Sjögren
Sten Anders Hjalmar Sjögren (13 June 1856, Färnebo, Värmland – 23 March 1922, Stockholm) was a Swedish geologist and mineralogist. Biography Sten Anders Hjalmar Sjögren became associate professor of mineralogy and geology at Uppsala University from 1882-84. He studied in Germany and Austria-Hungary in 1883. From 1885-89 was staff geologist at the Branobel company in Baku. In these years he travelled in the Caucasus, Armenia and Persia. He was appointed full professor of mineralogy and geology in Uppsala in 1888 but he resigned from this post in 1894. From 1892 he published at his family expense, the journal "Bulletin of the Geological Department of the University of Uppsala." In 1903 he was appointed curator (after Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld) at the Swedish Museum of Natural History The Swedish Museum of Natural History (), in Stockholm, is one of two major museums of natural history in Sweden, the other one being located in Gothenburg. The museum was founded in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Polar Institute
The Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI; ) 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 Ministry of Climate and Environment (Norway), Ministry of Climate and Environment. The institute advises Norwegian authorities on matters concerning polar environmental management and is the official environmental management body for Norwegian activities in Antarctica. Activities The institute's activities are focused on environmental research and management in the polar regions. The NPI's researchers investigate biodiversity, climate and environmental toxins in the Arctic and Antarctic, and in this context the institute equips and organizes large-scale expeditions to both polar regions. The institute contributes to national and international climate work, and is an active contact point for the international scientific community. The institute collects and analyses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountains Of Svalbard
Svalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean roughly centered on 78° north latitude and 20° east longitude. It constitutes the northernmost territory of the Kingdom of Norway. The three main islands in the group consist of Spitsbergen (the largest island), Nordaustlandet and Edgeøya. There are also a number of smaller islands, such as Barents Island (Barentsøya) (), Kvitøya (), Prins Karls Forland (English: Prince Charles Foreland) (), Kongsøya (), Bear Island (), Svenskøya (), Wilhelm Island () and other smaller islands or skerries (). Climate There is no arable land in the island group due to heavy glaciation and the northern latitude. There are no trees native to the archipelago, but there are shrubs such as crowberry and cloudberry. The west coast of Spitsbergen remains navigable most of the year, due to favorable winds which keep the area ice-free. Norway claims a fishery protection zone, but this is not recognized by neighboring Russia. The climate of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
