Sørkapp Land
Sørkapp Land is the land area south of Hornsund, at the southern part of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Two glaciers, Hornbreen and Hambergbreen, divide Sørkapp Land from Torell Land. Sørkapp Land is included in the Sør-Spitsbergen National Park.- Type: Region
- Description: peninsula in Svalbard, Norway
- Also known as: “De Zuyd West Hoek Van Spitsbergen”, “Horn-Land”, “Sørkap Land”, “Sorkapp Land”, “Southcape Land”, and “Sydkaplandet”
Sørkapp Land
- Categories: peninsula, area, and locality
- Location: Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
76.82872° or 76° 49′ 43″ northLongitude
16.38583° or 16° 23′ 9″ eastElevation
372 metres (1,220 feet)Open location code
CF8RR9HP+F8OpenStreetMap ID
node 14032056766OpenStreetMap feature
place=region
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Satellite Map
Discover Sørkapp Land from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Dutch to Norwegian Bokmål—“Sørkapp Land” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Sørkapp Land”
- Dutch: “Sørkappland”
- French: “Terre de Sørkapp”
- German: “Sørkapp Land”
- German: “Sørkapp-Land”
- German: “Sørkapp”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sørkapp Land”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sørkapplandet”
- Norwegian: “Sørkapp Land”
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