Polish Polar Station, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park

Name: Polish Polar Station
Address: Sør-Spitsbergen National Park, Norway

#1 among attractions in Sør-Spitsbergen National Park

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Polish Polar Station, Hornsund is at Isbjørnhamna in Hornsund, on Spitsbergen in the Norwegian Svalbard archipelago, operated since 1957. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 77°0'6"N, 15°32'40"E

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Sør-Spitsbergen National Park Norway

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Nearby attractions include: Hornsund, Hansbreen, Werenskioldbreen.

3.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Fjord
Hornsund, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
87 min walk • Hornsund is a fjord on the western side of the southernmost tip of Spitsbergen island. The fjord's mouth faces west to the Greenland Sea, and is 12 kilometres wide. The length is 30 kilometres, the mean depth is 90 metres, and the maximal depth is 260 metres.
4.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Hansbreen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
110 min walk • Hansbreen is a glacier in Wedel Jarlsberg Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It covers an area of about 64 km² and has a length of fifteen kilometers. The glacier is located north of Hornsund and approaches the sea near Isbjørnhamna. It is named after Austrian nobleman Hans Rafael Wilczek.
5.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Werenskioldbreen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
152 min walk • Werenskioldbreen is a glacier in Wedel Jarlsberg Land, Svalbard, Norway. The glacier is named after Norwegian geologist and Arctic explorer Werner Werenskiold.