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

The timezone in Skalken is Arctic/Longyearbyen
Morning Sunrise at Sun never rises on the specified date at the specified location and Evening Sunset at 01:00. It's light
Rough GPS position Latitude. 77.9333°, Longitude. 16.2500°

Weather near Skalken Last report from Svalbard Lufthavn, 39.5km away

Weather No significant weather Temperature: -12°C / 10°F Temperature Below Zero
Wind: 11.5km/h East/Southeast
Cloud: Sky Clear

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

Geographic features & Photographs around Skalken 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.

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

Accommodation around Skalken

Spitsbergen Guesthouse Nybyen, Longyearbyen

Spitsbergen Hotel Longyearbyen, Longyearbyen

Basecamp Fangstmannshotellet Postboks 316, Longyearbyen

point a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water, less prominent than a cape.

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

moraine a mound, ridge, or other accumulation of glacial till.

plain(s) an extensive area of comparatively level to gently undulating land, lacking surface irregularities, and usually adjacent to a higher area.

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

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

cove(s) a small coastal indentation, smaller than a bay.

hut a small primitive house.

hill a rounded elevation of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m.

populated place a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work.

bight(s) an open body of water forming a slight recession in a coastline.

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.

upland an extensive interior region of high land with low to moderate surface relief.

bay a coastal indentation between two capes or headlands, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.

marine channel that part of a body of water deep enough for navigation through an area otherwise not suitable.

lake a large inland body of standing water.


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Airports close to Skalken

Svalbard longyear(LYR), Svalbard, Norway (39.5km)