Sør-Spitsbergen National Park
Ice cap, tundra and seabird islands at the southern end of Spitsbergen
Over 65% of this park is ice cap, with much of the rest tundra, spread across Wedel Jarlsberg Land, Torell Land and Sørkapp Land. Its bird sanctuaries protect over 200,000 breeding pairs of thick-billed guillemots.
Things to do
- On the waterSail into Recherchefjorden, where a British whaling station once stood at Lægerneset
- HeritageVisit the Polish Polar Station at Hornsund, built in 1957
- WildlifeLook for the whale-bone cabin at Gåshamna
- Try thisExplore Sørkapp Land and its two glaciers, Hambergbreen and Hornbreen
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Sørkapp
The southernmost point of Spitsbergen.