Traveling Luck for Gangskardet Svalbard (general), Svalbard and Jan Mayen Svalbard and Jan Mayen flag

Alternatively known as Bolter Pass

The timezone in Gangskardet is Arctic/Longyearbyen
Morning Sunrise at 01:00 and Evening Sunset at Sun never sets on the specified date at the specified location. It's light
Rough GPS position Latitude. 78.0833°, Longitude. 15.8000°

Weather near Gangskardet Last report from Svalbard Lufthavn, 19.8km away

Weather Temperature: -1°C / 30°F Temperature Below Zero
Wind: 5.8km/h West/Southwest
Cloud: Solid Overcast at 2000ft

Satellite map of Gangskardet and it's surroudings...

Geographic features & Photographs around Gangskardet in Svalbard (general), Svalbard and Jan Mayen

glacier(s) a mass of ice, usually at high latitudes or high elevations, with sufficient thickness to flow away from the source area in lobes, tongues, or masses.

valley an elongated depression usually traversed by a stream.

mountain an elevation standing high above the surrounding area with small summit area, steep slopes and local relief of 300m or more.

peak a pointed elevation atop a mountain, ridge, or other hypsographic feature.

Accommodation around Gangskardet

Spitsbergen Guesthouse Nybyen, Longyearbyen

Spitsbergen Hotel Longyearbyen, Longyearbyen

Basecamp Fangstmannshotellet Postboks 316, Longyearbyen

ridge(s) a long narrow elevation with steep sides, and a more or less continuous crest.

pass a break in a mountain range or other high obstruction, used for transportation from one side to the other [See also gap].

hut a small primitive house.

stream a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land.

interfluve a relatively undissected upland between adjacent stream valleys.

peaks pointed elevations atop a mountain, ridge, or other hypsographic features.

spur(s) a subordinate ridge projecting outward from a hill, mountain or other elevation.

snowfield an area of permanent snow and ice forming the accumulation area of a glacier.

fan(s) a fan-shaped wedge of coarse alluvium with apex merging with a mountain stream bed and the fan spreading out at a low angle slope onto an adjacent plain.


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Airports close to Gangskardet

Svalbard longyear(LYR), Svalbard, Norway (19.8km)