Foreltinden is a mountain in

Haakon VII Land Haakon VII Land is a land area at the northwestern part of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, between Woodfjorden and Kongsfjorden. The area is named after Haakon VII of Norway. The highest mountain in Haakon VII Land is Eidsvollfjellet Eidsvollfjellet ...

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 N ...

, Svalbard. It reaches a height of 1,275

m.a.s.l. Height above mean sea level is a measure of the Vertical position, 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 h ...

, and is located east of

Tinayrebukta Tinayrebukta is a bay in Haakon VII Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is located at the east side of Möllerfjorden, and is surrounded by the mountains of Fallièresfjella and Generalfjella. The glacier of Tinayrebreen debouches into the bay. The b ...

Krossfjorden Krossfjorden ( English: Cross Fjord) is a 30 km long fjord on the west coast of Spitsbergen, which is the largest and only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in Norway. To the north, the fjord branches into Lillehö ...

, between

Målarryggen Målarryggen ("The Painter Ridge") is a mountain ridge in Haakon VII Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about three kilometers, and is located between the glaciers of Hakebreen and Tinayrebreen. The ridge is named in honor of the Fren ...

and

Forelryggen Forelryggen is a mountain ridge in Haakon VII Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The ridge reaches a height of 1,095 m.a.s.l., and is located between the glaciers of Fjortende Julibreen and Hakebreen Hakebreen ("The Hook Glacier") is a glacier in Haakon ...

. The mountain is named after Swiss glaciologist and

limnologist Limnology ( ; from Greek λίμνη, ''limne'', "lake" and λόγος, ''logos'', "knowledge") is the study of inland aquatic ecosystems. The study of limnology includes aspects of the biological, chemical, physical, and geological characteris ...

François-Alphonse Forel François-Alphonse Forel (February 2, 1841 – August 7, 1912) was a Swiss physician and scientist who pioneered the study of lakes, and is thus considered the founder, and the Father of limnology.Prof. F. A. Forel. Nature 89, 638–639 (1912). ...

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