Keilhaufjellet

Keilhaufjellet
Keilhaufjellet
Highest point
Elevation	660 m (2,170 ft)
Coordinates	76.6285°N 16.9032°E
Geography
	Keilhaufjellet Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Climbing
First ascent	25 May 1900 by A. S. Wassiliew

Keilhaufjellet is a mountain in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a height of 660 m.a.s.l. The mountain is named after Norwegian geologist Baltazar Mathias Keilhau. Keilhaufjellet was the southernmost triangulation point established during the Swedish-Russian Arc-of-Meridian Expedition (from 1899).[1][2]

References

"Keilhaufjellet (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
Arctic Pilot: Sailing directions Svalbard–Jan Mayen. 7. Stavanger: The Norwegian Hydrographic Service and The Norwegian Polar Institute. 1988. p. 192. ISBN 82-90653-06-9.

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[1] "Keilhaufjellet (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 25 July 2013.

[arcticpilot-2] Arctic Pilot: Sailing directions Svalbard–Jan Mayen. 7. Stavanger: The Norwegian Hydrographic Service and The Norwegian Polar Institute. 1988. p. 192. ISBN 82-90653-06-9.