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Alternatively known as The Nunatak

The timezone in Buchananryggen is Arctic/Longyearbyen
Morning Sunrise at 07:28 and Evening Sunset at 16:35. It's Dark
Rough GPS position Latitude. 78.6500°, Longitude. 11.0833°

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Geographic features & Photographs around Buchananryggen 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

valley an elongated depression usually traversed by a stream.

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

beach a shore zone of coarse unconsolidated sediment that extends from the low-water line to the highest reach of storm waves.

lagoon a shallow coastal waterbody, completely or partly separated from a larger body of water by a barrier island, coral reef or other depositional feature.

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

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

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

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

ravine(s) a small, narrow, deep, steep-sided stream channel, smaller than a gorge.

spit a narrow, straight or curved continuation of a beach into a waterbody.

bar a shallow ridge or mound of coarse unconsolidated material in a stream channel, at the mouth of a stream, estuary, or lagoon and in the wave-break zone along coasts.

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

rock a conspicuous, isolated rocky mass.

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

shore a narrow zone bordering a waterbody which covers and uncovers at high and low water, respectively.

lake a large inland body of standing water.


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