Newtontoppen
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Newtontoppen (Newton Peak) is the largest and highest mountain in Svalbard, at . Its peak is the highest point on Svalbard. It is located at the north east corner on the island of Spitsbergen in the Chydeniusfjella range. The nearest settlement is the formerly Soviet coal mining settlement Pyramiden. The mountain is mostly made of Silurian granite. The mountain was first ascended by Helge Backlund on 4 August 1900.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Newtontoppen is referenced by 297 other articles, and connects out to Isaac Newton, Soviet Union and list of sovereign states.
The entry is geolocated on the map in mountain_region, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Mountains of Spitsbergen and Ultra-prominent peaks of Europe.
Its subject is documented across 29 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Newtontoppen
- Mountain.photo
- Newtontoppen.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Southwestern face of Newtontoppen
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 1713
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 1713
- Mountain.map
- Svalbard
- Mountain.map_caption
- Svalbard
- Mountain.map_size
- 220
- Mountain.listing
- Ultra
- Mountain.translation
- Newton Peak
- Mountain.language
- English
- Mountain.location
- Spitsbergen, Svalbard
- Mountain.type
- Granite
- Mountain.age
- Late Silurian
- Mountain.first_ascent
- 4 August 1900, Helge Backlund
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Named after
- Isaac Newton
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Svalbard
- Continent
- Europe
- Elevation
- 1713
- Material used
- granite
- Image
- Newtontoppen.jpg
- Significant event
- first ascent
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- topographic prominence
- 1713
- Commons category
- Newtontoppen
- inception
- 400000000-
- located in/on physical feature
- Spitsbergen
- time period
- Silurian
- topographic isolation
- 743.73
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- See also
- References
Newtontoppen (Newton Peak) is the largest and highest mountain in Svalbard, at . Its peak is the highest point on Svalbard. It is located at the north east corner on the island of Spitsbergen in the Chydeniusfjella range. The nearest settlement is the formerly Soviet coal mining settlement Pyramiden. The mountain is mostly made of Silurian granite. The mountain was first ascended by Helge Backlund on 4 August 1900.
==Etymology== The mountain was named after Isaac Newton in 1898. The surrounding mountains were named after other famous astronomers and mathematicians the same year.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Newtontoppen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations