Backlundtoppen

Backlundtoppen
Backlundtoppen
Highest point
Coordinates	78°43′05″N 18°13′09″E / 78.7181°N 18.2193°ECoordinates: 78°43′05″N 18°13′09″E / 78.7181°N 18.2193°E

Backlundtoppen is a mountain in Olav V Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a height of 1,068 m.a.s.l. and is located east of Billefjorden and west of Akademikarbreen. The mountain is named after Swedish-Russian astronomer Johan Oskar Backlund. It hosted a trigonometric station during the Swedish-Russian Arc-of-Meridian Expedition.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References[]

^ "Backlundtoppen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
^ Lauritzen, Per Roger, ed. (2009). "Backlundtoppen". Norsk Fjelleksikon (in Norwegian). Arendal: Friluftsforlaget. ISBN 978-82-91-49547-7.
^ "Akademikarbreen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 7 November 2013.

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[1] "Backlundtoppen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 7 November 2013.

[nfl-2] Lauritzen, Per Roger, ed. (2009). "Backlundtoppen". Norsk Fjelleksikon (in Norwegian). Arendal: Friluftsforlaget. ISBN 978-82-91-49547-7.

[3] "Akademikarbreen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 7 November 2013.

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