Galileotopes
| Galileotopes | ||
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| height | 1637 moh. | |
| location | Ny-Friesland , Svalbard | |
| Mountains | Chydeniusfjella | |
| Dominance | 4.4 km → Newton tops | |
| Notch height | 370 m | |
| Coordinates | 79 ° 2 '2 " N , 17 ° 19' 4" E | |
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| Type | Rock peaks | |
| rock | granite | |
| Age of the rock | Obersilur | |
The Galileotoppen is 1,637 meters, the fifth highest mountain in the Svalbard -Archipels in the Arctic Ocean .
Origin of the name
The Galileotoppen was named after the Italian physicist and astronomer Galileo Galilei (1564–1642). The name was suggested by geologists Walter Brian Harland and David John Masson-Smith in 1962 when they published a map of southern Ny-Friesland .
Location and surroundings
The Galileotoppen is located in the Chydeniusfjella mountain range. This is located in the south of the Ny-Friesland area in the northeast of the main island of Svalbard .
It is located just a few kilometers northwest of the Newton top .
Routes to the summit
In a south-westerly direction there is a pass in front of the Galileotoppen with the Trebrepasset , which can serve as a starting point for an ascent. From there, the Galileotoppen can be climbed over the south ridge . On the route, rocky and snow-covered sections alternate, exposed passages and a brittle snow cover harbor dangers. The ascent should be done with equipment such as crampons and rope protection. An ascent over the north or east ridge would also be conceivable.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå (Ed.): Svalbardstatistikk 2005 . PDC Tangen, Oslo / Kongsvinger 2005, ISBN 82-537-6809-5 , p. 136 (English, Norwegian, online [PDF; 6.8 MB ; accessed on September 24, 2015]).
- ↑ a b Galileotopes . In: The Place Names of Svalbard (first edition 1942). Norsk Polarinstitutt , Oslo 2001, ISBN 82-90307-82-9 (English, Norwegian).
- ↑ Alex Kendall: Imperial College Svalbard Expedition 2011 Report. (PDF; 6.83 MB) In: imperial.ac.uk. Imperial College London, 2011, pp. 9-10 and 16 , accessed November 4, 2015 .