Kinnefjellet is a mountain in
Oscar II Land
Oscar II Land is the land area between Isfjorden (Svalbard), 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. Older name varian ...
at
Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen (; formerly known as West Spitsbergen; Norwegian language, Norwegian: ''Vest Spitsbergen'' or ''Vestspitsbergen'' , also sometimes spelled Spitzbergen) is the largest and the only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipel ...
,
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 be ...
. It has peaks with heights of 601 and 544
m.a.s.l. and is located at the southern side of
Venernbreen
Venernbreen is a glacier in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about fifteen kilometers, and is located between the mountains of Sparrefjellet and Kinnefjellet. The glacier is named after the Swedish lake of Vänern.
The ...
. The mountain is named after the hill of
Kinnekulle
Kinnekulle is a flat-topped mountain in the county of Västergötland, southwestern Sweden, on the eastern shore of lake Vänern. Its highest point is above sea level. The mountain is long and wide at the top.
Geology
Despite its enormous ...
in the Swedish province of
Västergötland
Västergötland (), also known as West Gothland or the Latinized version Westrogothia in older literature, is one of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden (''landskap'' in Swedish), situated in the southwest of Sweden.
Vä ...
.
References
Mountains of Spitsbergen
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