Svanbergfjellet

Svanbergfjellet is a mountain in Olav V Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a height of 1,024 m.a.s.l. and is located east of Billefjorden and west of Akademikarbreen. The mountain is named after Swedish astronomer Jöns Svanberg. A point on the mountain was used as a trigonometric point during the Swedish-Russian Arc-of-Meridian Expedition.[1][2][3]

References
  1. "Svanbergfjellet (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  2. Lauritzen, Per Roger, ed. (2009). "Svanbergfjellet". Norsk Fjelleksikon (in Norwegian). Arendal: Friluftsforlaget. ISBN 978-82-91-49547-7.
  3. "Akademikarbreen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 7 November 2013.


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