Nordvest-Spitsbergen National Park
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| Location | Svalbard, Norway |
| Coordinates | 79°35′N 11°30′E / 79.583°N 11.500°E |
| Area | 9,914 km2 (3,828 sq mi) |
| Established | 1973 |
| Governing body | Directorate for Nature Management |
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Nordvest-Spitsbergen National Park (Norwegian: Nordvest-Spitsbergen nasjonalpark) is located on the Norwegian arctic archipelago of Svalbard and includes parts of north-west Spitsbergen (Albert I Land and Haakon VII Land) and nearby islands such as Danes Island and Moffen. It contains, among other things, warm springs and remains of volcanoes in Bockfjorden.
History
There are remains of
Fauna
The park contains numerous colonies of
Hot springs
The Troll and Jotun hot springs in the park along the edge of the Bockfjorden are the northernmost documented terrestrial hot springs on earth at almost 80 degrees north latitude. The first documentation of these springs was in the late 1800s. Hoel and Holtedahl[2] studied these two hot springs in some detail. They reported that the Jotun hot spring has a temperature of 24.5°C and the Troll hot spring has a temperature of 28.3°C.
External links
References
- ^ "North-west Spitsbergen National Park". Important Bird Areas factsheet. BirdLife International. 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
- ^ Lavadækkerne, vulkanerne og de varme kilder ved Wood Bay paa Spitsbergen, A. Hoel, O. Holtedahl, Naturen 37, 3-19 (Oslo), 1913.
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