Roaldryggen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park

#50 among attractions in Sør-Spitsbergen National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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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. ()

Coordinates: 76°45'38"N, 16°38'5"E

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

Nearby attractions include: Haitanna, Olsokbreen, Hilmarfjellet, Guilbaudtoppen.

1.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Haitanna, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
40 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.
3.4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Olsokbreen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
86 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.
5.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hilmarfjellet, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
131 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.
0.7 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Guilbaudtoppen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
19 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.
0.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Brazybreen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
18 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 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Mefonna, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
125 min walk • 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.
2.6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Vasil'evbreen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
67 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.
1.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Valettebreen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
28 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.
3.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Sørkappfonna, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
98 min walk • 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.

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Which popular attractions are close to Roaldryggen?

Nearby attractions include Brazybreen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park (18 min walk), Guilbaudtoppen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park (19 min walk).