Gåshamna
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Gåshamna is a bay at the southern side of the fjord Hornsund
, Sørkapp Land
, on Spitsbergen
, Svalbard
. The bay has a width of about 2 km
, and is included within the Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
.
Hornsund
Hornsund is a fjord on the western side of the southernmost tip of Spitsbergen island.The fjord's mouth faces west to the Greenland Sea, and is 12 km wide. The length is 30 kilometres, the mean depth is 90 metres, and the maximal depth is 260 metres...
, Sørkapp Land
Sørkapp Land
Sørkapp Land is the land area south of the fjord Hornsund, at the southern part of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The glaciers Hornbreen and Hambergbreen divide Sørkapp Land from the Torell Land.Sørkapp Land is included in the Sør-Spitsbergen National Park....
, on Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen is the largest and only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in Norway. Constituting the western-most bulk of the archipelago, it borders the Arctic Ocean, the Norwegian Sea and the Greenland Sea...
, Svalbard
Svalbard
Svalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic, constituting the northernmost part of Norway. It is located north of mainland Europe, midway between mainland Norway and the North Pole. The group of islands range from 74° to 81° north latitude , and from 10° to 35° east longitude. Spitsbergen is the...
. The bay has a width of about 2 km
Kilometre
The kilometre is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metres and is therefore exactly equal to the distance travelled by light in free space in of a second...
, and is included within the Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
Sør-Spitsbergen National Park lies on south end of Spitsbergen island in the Svalbard archipelago, Norway. The park was opened in 1973 and includes Wedel Jarlsberg Land, Torell Land and Sørkapp Land. Over 65% of the region is covered with glacier or permanent ice and snow.-References:...
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