Sassen – Bünsow Land National Park

Glaciers and glacially carved valleys on Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway

Glaciers and several glacially carved valleys make up this park on Spitsbergen, in the Svalbard archipelago. Eskerdalen (Esker Valley) holds one of Spitsbergen's highest waterfalls.

Things to do

On footWalk into Eskerdalen (Esker Valley) to see one of Spitsbergen's highest waterfalls
HeritageVisit Fredheim, the hunting station on the north side of the Sassen river outlet

Norway · Spitsbergen, Svalbard Est. 2003 Size 1,231 km² Protected area category: IUCN II

Also worth seeing

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Fredheim
Hunting station built by Hilmar Nøis at the Sassen river outlet.

Where it is

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