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Isfjorden (Svalbard)
Isfjorden
is the
second longest
fjord
in the
Norwegian
archipelago of
Svalbard
. It lies on the west side of
Spitsbergen
, an island in the
Arctic Ocean
about midway between
Norway
and the
North Pole
, and the largest in the archipelago. The mountain of
Alkhornet
stands on the northern side of the entrance to the fjord, as does the coastal plain of
Daudmannsøyra
. A portion of Isfjorden is included in the
national parks of Norway
as
Nordre Isfjorden Land National Park
. Around the fjord lie many of the largest settlements in Svalbard:
Barentsburg
,
Longyearbyen
(on the
Adventfjorden
) and
Pyramiden
.
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