Svalisbreen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park

#76 among attractions in Sør-Spitsbergen National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature

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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. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 76°58'33"N, 16°47'13"E

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

Nearby attractions include: Bredichinryggen, Brendetoppane, Tverraksla, Russefjella.

6.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bredichinryggen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
155 min walk • Bredichinryggen is a mountain ridge in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway. It is named after Russian astronomer Fyodor Bredikhin.
3.7 miS
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.
7.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Tverraksla, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
192 min walk • Tverraksla is a mountain in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a height of 691 m.a.s.l. and is located on the mountain ridge Påskefjella, west of the glacier Chomjakovbreen.
4.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Russefjella, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
126 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.
6.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Hambergbreen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
165 min walk • Hambergbreen is a glacier on Spitsbergen, Svalbard, dividing Torell Land and Sørkapp Land, and debouching into the sea at the eastern coast of Spitsbergen. The glacier is named after Swedish geographer and explorer Axel Hamberg.
6.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Chomjakovbreen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
156 min walk • Chomjakovbreen is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about nine kilometers, and is located between the mountain ridges of Bredichinryggen and Påskefjella.
3.5 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Hedgehogfonna, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
89 min walk • 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.
3.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Skilfonna, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
92 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.
4.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Fredfonna, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
126 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.
4.1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Sykorabreen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
104 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.
6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Tromsøbreen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
153 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.