Basisfjellet is a mountain in
Gustav V Land at
Nordaustlandet,
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 height of 460
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''.
The com ...
and is located on the peninsula
Laponiahalvøya Laponiahalvøya is a peninsula at Nordaustlandet, Svalbard, east of Brennevinsfjorden and west of Nordenskiöldbukta. The peninsula has a length of about 18 nautical miles. The landscape consists of mountains between 300 and 600 meters; the highes ...
, at the northeastern side of
Brennevinsfjorden
Brennevinsfjorden is a fjord in Gustav V Land at Nordaustlandet, Svalbard. The fjord has a length of about eleven nautical miles, and runs in between Depotodden and Kapp Hansteen.
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Fjords of Svalbard
Nordaustlandet
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.
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Mountains of Nordaustlandet
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