Hedgehogfonna, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park

Name: Hedgehogfonna
Address: Sør-Spitsbergen National Park, Norway

#81 among attractions in Sør-Spitsbergen National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature

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Hedgehogfonna is a glacier field in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is located west of the mountain of Hedgehogfjellet, and is separated from the glacier of Vasil'evbreen by Skilfonna. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 76°57'36"N, 17°0'0"E

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

Nearby attractions include: Hedgehogfjellet, Brendetoppane, Tvillingtoppen, Russefjella.

3.9 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hedgehogfjellet, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
100 min walk • Hedgehogfjellet is a mountain in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a height of 615 m.a.s.l. The mountain is situated south of Tvillingtoppen, between the sea and the glacier of Hedgehogfonna.
3.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Brendetoppane, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
96 min walk • Brendetoppane is a series of mountain peaks in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. They are named after Karl Alfred Brende. The peaks are situated on a ridge between the glacier of Svalisbreen and Skilfonna. The ridge extends from the mountain pass of Svanhildpasset to Evapasset, and is partly covered by ice.
4.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Tvillingtoppen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
104 min walk • Tvillingtoppen is a mountain peak in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a height of 532 m.a.s.l. The mountain is situated north of the mountain of Hedgehogfjellet, and south of the glacier of Coryellbreen.
2.9 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Russefjella, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
75 min walk • Russefjella is a mountain ridge in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about five kilometers, and is located east of Skilfonna. The highest peak on the ridge is 580 m.a.s.l.
3.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Svalisbreen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
89 min walk • Svalisbreen is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about 12.5 kilometers, extending from the mountain pass of Svanhildpasset to Hornbreen, towards the bay of Brepollen, the inner part of Hornsund.
2.4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Skilfonna, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
62 min walk • Skilfonna is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is located west of Russefjella, and separates the glacier of Hedgehogfonna from Vasil'evbreen. The mountains of Brendetoppane separate Skilfonna from Svalisbreen.
6.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Fredfonna, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
165 min walk • Fredfonna is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about 4.5 kilometers. The glacier drains to the north into Mendeleevbreen, and to the south into Øydebreen.
3.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Sykorabreen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
88 min walk • Sykorabreen is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about seven kilometers, and extends northwards from Hedgehogfonna to Hambergbreen. The glacier is named after Russian scientist J. Sykora, who participated with the Swedish-Russian Arc-of-Meridian Expedition 1899–1900.
3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Tromsøbreen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
78 min walk • Tromsøbreen is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about six kilometers, and extends southwards from the ice field of Hedgehogfonna towards the sea. The glacier is named after the Norwegian city of Tromsø.
6.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Øydebreen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
169 min walk • Øydebreen is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about 4.5 kilometers, southwards from Fredfonna, between the mountains of Gedenovfjellet and Øydenuten. It connects southwards to the large Vasil'evbreen.
4.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain pass
Svanhildpasset, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
106 min walk • Svanhildpasset is a glaciated mountain pass in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is named after Svanhild Eugenie Lund. The pass is situated between the mountains of Pulkovofjella and Brendetoppane.