Mefonna, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park

#100 among attractions in Sør-Spitsbergen National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature

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Mefonna is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about seven kilometers. The glacier drains both northwards and southwards. In the northern direction, Samarinbreen debouches into Samarinvågen. To the south, Olsokbreen debouches into Stormbukta. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 76°49'2"N, 16°26'57"E

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

Nearby attractions include: Haitanna, Samarinbreen, Hilmarfjellet, Roaldryggen.

3.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Haitanna, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
88 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 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Samarinbreen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
129 min walk • Samarinbreen is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of 14 mi, and is the northern branch of Mefonna. The glacier debouches into Samarinvågen, a southern bay of the fjord Hornsund.
5.5 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hilmarfjellet, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
141 min walk • Hilmarfjellet is a mountain in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Its highest peak is 810 m.a.s.l. with a secondary peak of about 700 m, and it is located northeast of the plain Bjørnbeinflya, at the western side of Olsokbreen.
4.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Roaldryggen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
125 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.
4.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Guilbaudtoppen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
110 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.
5.3 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Gedenovfjellet, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
136 min walk • Gedenovfjellet is a mountain ridge in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about four kilometers, with a highest peak of 456 m.a.s.l. The ridge is located between Øydebreen and Austjøkulen. It is separated from the northern ridge Isryggen by the mountain pass Isryggpasset.
5.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Bungebreen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
143 min walk • Bungebreen is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about ten kilometers, and is located east of the mountain Wiederfjellet. The glacier is named after Russian Arctic explorer Alexandr Alexandrovich Bunge.
5.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Brazybreen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
132 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.
5.3 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Austjøkulen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
136 min walk • Austjøkulen is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about seven kilometers. The glacier drains to the north into Mendeleevbreen, and to the south into Vasil'evbreen.
4.9 miE
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.
3.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Valettebreen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
98 min walk • Valettebreen is a glacier in Sørkapp Land on Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is about two kilometers long, and is located between Guilbaudtoppen and Haitanna.