Rudolftoppen

Rudolftoppen
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height	769 m
location	Jan Mayen , Norway
Dominance	27 km → Beerenberg
Coordinates	70 ° 53 '29 " N , 8 ° 52' 13" W Coordinates: 70 ° 53 '29 " N , 8 ° 52' 13" W.
rock	basalt
	Topographic map of Jan Mayens

Rudolftoppen , also German Rudolfspitz, is a mountain on the island of Jan Mayen, which belongs to Norway . With a height of 769 m it dominates the south-western part of the island ( Sør-Jan ). Like all of Jan Mayen, the Rudolftoppen is of volcanic origin.

The mountain got its name from an Austro-Hungarian expedition that operated a research station on the island under the direction of Emil von Wohlgemuth as part of the First International Polar Year 1882/83. It commemorates Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ The Norwegian Pilot , Volume 7: Sailing Directions Svalbard and Jan Mayen (PDF; 55.0 MB). Norwegian Hydrographic Service, Stavanger 2012 (PDF version 3.5, May 2016), ISBN 978-82-90-65330-4 , p. 357.

[1] The Norwegian Pilot , Volume 7: Sailing Directions Svalbard and Jan Mayen (PDF; 55.0 MB). Norwegian Hydrographic Service, Stavanger 2012 (PDF version 3.5, May 2016), ISBN 978-82-90-65330-4 , p. 357.