Goësvatnet, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park

#5 among attractions in Sør-Spitsbergen National Park

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Goësvatnet is an ice-dammed lake in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is located south of the bay of Gåshamna in Hornsund, at the front of Goësbreen and near Brevassfjellet. The lake is named after Swedish surgeon and zoologist Axel Theodor Goës. ()

Elevation: 489 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 76°54'16"N, 15°52'4"E

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

Nearby attractions include: Hornsund, Hornsundtind, Slaklidalen, Liddalen.

5.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Fjord
Hornsund, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
134 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.
4.4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hornsundtind, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
113 min walk • Hornsundtind is a mountain south of the fjord Hornsund at the southern part of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Its height is 1,431 metres.
3.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Slaklidalen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
92 min walk • Slaklidalen is a valley in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about four kilometers, and is located between Gavrilovfjellet and Brevassfjellet at the western side, and Wiederfjellet and Gråkallen at the east side. Slaklielva flows through the valley on its way from Gråkallbreen to Breinesflya.
3.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Liddalen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
82 min walk • Liddalen is a valley in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about 2.5 kilometers, and is located between Gavrilovfjellet and Lidfjellet. Liddalen is named after Norwegian botanist Johannes Lid.
2.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Lisbetdalen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
67 min walk • Lisbetdalen is a mountain in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about five kilometers, extending from the mountain pass Lidpasset down northwestwards to Hornsund.
3.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hohenlohefjellet, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
98 min walk • Hohenlohefjellet is a mountain in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is the highest and most northern summit of Struvefjella, with a height of 616 m.a.s.l. It is separated from Sergeevfjellet by the mountain pass Hohenloheskaret. Hohenlohefjellet is named after Austrian prince Konstantin Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst.
1.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Brevassfjellet, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
49 min walk • Brevassfjellet is a mountain in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a height of 589 m.a.s.l. and is located between Portbreen and Kovalevskajafjellet, south of the ice-dammed lake of Goësvatnet.
3.2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Lidfjellet, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
83 min walk • Lidfjellet is a mountain in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is the most southern mountain of Struvefjella, and has a height of 534 m.a.s.l. It is separated from Sergeevfjellet by the mountain pass Sergeevskaret.
5 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Wiederfjellet, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
129 min walk • Wiederfjellet is a mountain in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has an extension of about 8.5 kilometers, and is partly covered by Wiederbreen.
6.1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Traunkammen, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
157 min walk • Traunkammen is a mountain in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It forms a ridge of about three kilometers and is located south of Hornsund, west of the bay Samarinvågen, and east of Petersbreen. Its highest peak is 692 m.a.s.l. The ridge is named after Austrian count Otto Traun.
3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Gavrilovfjellet, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
76 min walk • Gavrilovfjellet is a mountain in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a height of 600 m.a.s.l. and is located between Slaklidalen and Liddalen.