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Alternatively known as Vertical Rock

The timezone in Drangen 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. 78.4667°, Longitude. 14.5667°

Weather near Drangen Last report from Svalbard Lufthavn, 32km away

Weather Temperature: 5°C / 41°F
Wind: 11.5km/h Southwest
Cloud: Scattered at 500ft Broken at 3600ft

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

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

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

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

valley an elongated depression usually traversed by a stream.

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.

Accommodation around Drangen

Radisson Blu Polar Hotel Spitsbergen Road 500, Longyearbyen

Basecamp Fangstmannshotellet Postboks 316, Longyearbyen

Spitsbergen Hotel Longyearbyen, Longyearbyen

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

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

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

rock a conspicuous, isolated rocky mass.

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

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

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

nunatak a rock or mountain peak protruding through glacial ice.

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

hut a small primitive house.

pond a small standing waterbody.

basin a depression more or less equidimensional in plan and of variable extent.

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

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

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

lakes large inland bodies of standing water.

slope(s) a surface with a relatively uniform slope angle.

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

lake a large inland body of standing water.


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Airports close to Drangen

Svalbard longyear(LYR), Svalbard, Norway (32km)