Fugleberget (Jan Mayen)

Fugleberget
	The Fugleberget seen from the sea.
height	167 moh.
location	Jan Mayen , Norway
Coordinates	71 ° 0 ′ 1 ″ N , 8 ° 29 ′ 35 ″ W Coordinates: 71 ° 0 ′ 1 ″ N , 8 ° 29 ′ 35 ″ W
Type	eroded volcanic cone
rock	Tuff and basalt
	The Vogelsberg on the map of Austria's expedition of 1882-83 (Adolf Bobrík of Boldva, 1884)
	Fugleberget, woodcut from Henrik Mohn's expedition report (1882)

The Fugleberget ("Vogelberg") is a single rock on the island of Jan Mayen, which politically belongs to Norway .

geography

It is located on the northwest coast in the central part of the island and separates the Maria Muschbukta in the south from the Stasjonsbukta in the north. The north lagoon begins on land at its feet . The Wilckektal separates it from the neighboring Mohnberget. The top of the 167 m high Fugleberget is crowned by a characteristic rock, which is called Domen due to its resemblance to a castle or church building . The name "Fugleberget" goes back to Henrik Mohn , who visited the island during the Norwegian North Sea expedition in 1877. With Carl Fredrik Wille (1830-1913), the captain of the expedition ship Vøringen , he created an improved map of Jan Mayens and named numerous geographical objects .

geology

The Fugleberget is the remainder of a geologically young volcanic crater , eroded under the influence of the sea , of which only the eastern edge remains. It was formed in a submarine eruption at a time when the sea level was 20 m above today's level.

history

In the First International Polar Year 1882/83, the Austrian expedition to Jan Mayen maintained its observation station in the Wilczektal on the Maria Muschbukta at the foot of the Fuglebergets.

Web links

Fugleberget . In: The Place Names of Svalbard (first edition 1942). Norsk Polarinstitutt , Oslo 2001, ISBN 82-90307-82-9 (English, Norwegian).

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Henrik Mohn: Contributions to the Geography and Natural History of the Northern Regions of Europe, derived from observations made on the Norwegian North-Atlantic Expedition (1876–1878) . Grøndahl, Christiania 1882, p. 4 (Norwegian / English).
↑ Domen . In: The Place Names of Svalbard (first edition 1942). Norsk Polarinstitutt , Oslo 2001, ISBN 82-90307-82-9 (English, Norwegian).
↑ Pall Imsland: The geology of the volcanic island Jan Mayen (PDF; 4.5 MB). Nordic Volcanological Institute Report No. 78-13, 1978, p. 33 (English).
^ Emil von Wohlgemuth : Preliminary report on the scientific polar expedition to Jan Mayen . In: The international polar research 1882–1883: The Austrian polar station Jan Mayen equipped by his Excellency Count Hanns Wilczek, led by KK Corvette captain Emil Edlen von Wohlgemuth . Observation results published by the Imperial Academy of Sciences, Karl Gerold's Sohn, Vienna 1886, Volume I, p. 35 .

[Mohn-1] A ^b Henrik Mohn: Contributions to the Geography and Natural History of the Northern Regions of Europe, derived from observations made on the Norwegian North-Atlantic Expedition (1876–1878) . Grøndahl, Christiania 1882, p. 4 (Norwegian / English).

[2] Domen . In: The Place Names of Svalbard (first edition 1942). Norsk Polarinstitutt , Oslo 2001, ISBN 82-90307-82-9 (English, Norwegian).

[Imsland_33-3] Pall Imsland: The geology of the volcanic island Jan Mayen (PDF; 4.5 MB). Nordic Volcanological Institute Report No. 78-13, 1978, p. 33 (English).

[4] Emil von Wohlgemuth : Preliminary report on the scientific polar expedition to Jan Mayen . In: The international polar research 1882–1883: The Austrian polar station Jan Mayen equipped by his Excellency Count Hanns Wilczek, led by KK Corvette captain Emil Edlen von Wohlgemuth . Observation results published by the Imperial Academy of Sciences, Karl Gerold's Sohn, Vienna 1886, Volume I, p. 35 .