Kapp Platen is a headland at Nordaustlandet, Svalbard, the northernmost point of Prins Oscars Land. The headland is named after Swedish naval officer and politician Baltzar Julius Ernst von Platen. Kapp Platen includes the mountain Havsula.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Arctic Pilot: Sailing directions Svalbard–Jan Mayen. Vol. 7. Stavanger: The Norwegian Hydrographic Service and The Norwegian Polar Institute. 1988. pp. 318–319, 328–329. ISBN 82-90653-06-9.
  2. ↑ "Kapp Platen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 4 July 2013.

80°30′20″N 22°46′22″E / 80.5056°N 22.7729°E / 80.5056; 22.7729


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