Nordaustlandet
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| Nordaustlandet | |
|---|---|
| Area | 14 443 km² |
| Glaciated area | 11 009 km² |
| Perimeter | 1 688 km |
| Highest point | 764 meters above sea level |
Nordaustlandet (sometimes translated as North East Land) is the second largest island in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, with an area of 14,443 km². As its name suggests, it lies north east of Spitzbergen.
Much of Nordaustlandet lies under large ice caps, Austfonna (Europe's largest glacier), Vestfonna and Sørfonna, the remaining parts of the north being tundra inhabited by reindeer and walruses. Austfonna ranks amongst the biggest ice caps in the world (after Antarctica and Greenland), being up to 560 metres (nearly 300 m in average) thick and 200 km in circumference.
The island is uninhabited.
[edit] External links
- Western Nordauslandet on Svalbard Images. (URL accessed 24 July 2006)
- Eastern Nordauslandet on Svalbard Images. (URL accessed 24 July 2006)
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