Earth:Backlundtoppen
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Short description: Mountain in Spitsbergen, Norway
| Backlundtoppen | |
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  Backlundtoppen | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,068 m (3,504 ft) |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 78°43′05″N 18°13′09″E / 78.7181°N 18.2193°E |
Backlundtoppen is a mountain in Olav V Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a height of 1,068 m.a.s.l. and is located east of Billefjorden and west of Akademikarbreen. The mountain is named after Swedish-Russian astronomer Johan Oskar Backlund. It hosted a trigonometric station during the Swedish-Russian Arc-of-Meridian Expedition.[1][2][3]
References
- ↑ "Backlundtoppen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. http://placenames.npolar.no/stadnamn/Backlundtoppen. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ↑ Lauritzen, Per Roger, ed (2009). "Backlundtoppen" (in Norwegian). Norsk Fjelleksikon. Arendal: Friluftsforlaget. ISBN 978-82-91-49547-7.
- ↑ "Akademikarbreen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. http://placenames.npolar.no/stadnamn/Akademikarbreen. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
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