Galileotoppen

Galileotoppen
Galileotoppen
Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Elevation 1,637 m (5,371 ft) [1]
Location
Coordinates [1]

Galileotoppen is a mountain on Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway.[1] At 1,637 metres (5,371 ft) tall, it is the fifth-tallest peak on Svalbard.[2] It is located west of Wijdefjorden northwest of Newtontoppen in the south of Ny-Friesland. It is named for the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei (1564–1642).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Galileotoppence". Norwegian Polar Institute. http://miljo.npolar.no/placenames/pages/detaile.asp?placeNameID=04260A. Retrieved 31 March 2010. 
  2. ^ "Geographical survey. Fjords and mountains". Statistics Norway. 22 October 2009. http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/00/00/20/nos_svalbard_en/nos_d330_en/tab/013.html. Retrieved 31 March 2010.