Sørkappfonna, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park

#111 among attractions in Sør-Spitsbergen National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature

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Sørkappfonna is a glaciated area in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about fourteen kilometers, and a width of about five kilometers. The glacier debouches both into Stormbukta at the western coast, and into Isbukta at the eastern coast of Spitsbergen. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 76°43'12"N, 16°47'60"E

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Sørkappfonna – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Haitanna, Olsokbreen, Dumskolten, Roaldryggen.

5.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Haitanna, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
135 min walk • Haitanna is a mountain in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a height of 932 m.a.s.l. and is located between the glaciers Vasil'evbreen and Olsokbreen. The peak has a distinctive shape, and is visible from the sea.
5.3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Olsokbreen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
135 min walk • Olsokbreen is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about seventeen kilometers, and debouches into the bay Stormbukta at the western shore of Spitsbergen. The glacier front is about five kilometer long.
4.4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Dumskolten, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
113 min walk • Dumskolten is a mountain in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a height of 596 m.a.s.l. and is located south of the glacier Vasil'evbreen, north of the coastal plain Skoltsletta.
3.8 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Roaldryggen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
98 min walk • Roaldryggen is a mountain ridge in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about 3.5 kilometers, and is located southwest of Vasil'evbreen. The highest peak on the ridge is 730 m.a.s.l. The ridge is named after polar explorer Roald Amundsen.
4.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Guilbaudtoppen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
115 min walk • Guilbaudtoppen is a mountain in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a height of 675 m.a.s.l. and is located east of the glacier of Olsokbreen, between Valettebreen and Brazybreen.
4.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Nordre Randberget, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
122 min walk • Nordre Randberget is a mountain in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a height of 305 m.a.s.l. and is located south of Vasil'evbreen and Isbukta.
4.9 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Søre Randberget, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
124 min walk • Søre Randberget is a mountain in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a height of 186 m.a.s.l. and is located north of Randbreen.
5.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Keilhaubreen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
131 min walk • Keilhaubreen is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about five kilometers and is located north of Keilhaufjellet, flowing from Sørkappfonna towards the eastern coast of Spitsbergen. The glacier is named after Norwegian geologist Baltazar Mathias Keilhau.
4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Randbreen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
102 min walk • Randbreen is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about three kilometers, and constitutes the southern part of the glacier Vasil'evbreen.
3.7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Brazybreen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
96 min walk • Brazybreen is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about two kilometers, and is located north of Sørkappfonna, between Guilbaudtoppen and Roaldryggen. The glacier is named after Gilbert Georges Paul Brazy.
4.9 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Vasil'evbreen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
126 min walk • Vasil'evbreen is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has an extension of about twenty kilometers, with several tributary glaciers. It is named after Russian astronomer Alexandr Semenovich Vasil'ev.