Traveling Luck for Kvalryggen Svalbard (general), Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Alternatively known as Dos de la Baleine, Walfisch-Rucken, Walfisch-Rücken, Whale Rock, Whale's Back

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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.

• Adambreen (1.9km)
• Gullybreen (3km)
• Tvistegbreen (3.4km)
• Vesteggbreen (3.9km)
• Scheibreen (3.9km)
• Bluffbreen (3.9km)
• Buchanbreen (3.9km)
• Salzburgbreen (5km)
• Hamburgbreen (5.8km)
• Gravnesbreen (5.8km)
• Hengebreen (6.5km)
• Hillbreen (7km)
• Brokebreen (7.7km)
• Miethebreen (7.7km)
• Waggonwaybreen (8km)
• Lachambrebreen (9.3km)

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

• Kvalryggpynten (2km)
• Magdalenehuken (3.3km)
• Knattodden (4km)
• Gravnesodden (5.1km)
• Gravneset (5.1km)
• Harpunodden (7.6km)
• Kapp Gurnerd (9.4km)
• Danskeneset (9.4km)

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

• Aasefjellet (3.7km)
• Hoelfjellet (3.8km)
• Reveknatten (5km)
• Høystakken (6.5km)
• Walterfjellet (6.5km)
• Alkekongen (7km)
• Reuschfjellet (8.6km)

rock a conspicuous, isolated rocky mass.

• Kvalryggen (0km)
• Shannonbåen (2km)
• Perskjeret (5km)
• Adamsteinen (5km)
• Daudmannsteinen (6.5km)
• Fuglesteinen (9.4km)

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island a tract of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water.

• Fugleholmen (2.8km)
• Skorpa (7.7km)
• Moseøya (7.7km)

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

• Trinityhamna (4.2km)
• Hamburgbukta (6km)
• Bjørnhamna (8.5km)

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

• Veslekrona (1.9km)
• Kvasspiggen (3.4km)
• Knausen (7.7km)

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

• Hytteskardet (6.5km)
• Nürnbergpasset (6.7km)

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

• Tyrolerkammen (3.9km)
• Skarpegga (5.6km)

peninsula an elongate area of land projecting into a body of water and nearly surrounded by water.

• Reuschhalvøya (5.1km)
• Hoelhalvøya (5.8km)

rocks conspicuous, isolated rocky masses.

• Magdalenebåen (3.4km)
• Mesteinane (5.6km)

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

• Störtebeckersundet (5.1km)
• Sørgattet (5.6km)

fjord a long, narrow, steep-walled, deep-water arm of the sea at high latitudes, usually along mountainous coasts.

• Magdalenefjorden (2.7km)

section of bank bank of a river, stream or sea shore.

• Danskøyflaket (6.7km)

islands tracts of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water.

• Donkerholmane (5.1km)

shoal(s) a surface-navigation hazard composed of unconsolidated material.

• Hukgrunnen (4.2km)

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

• Scheibukta (3.4km)

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