Alkefjellet
Mountain in Spitsbergen, Norway
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Alkefjellet
Alkefjellet
Alkefjellet is a cliff in Lomfjordhalvøya in Ny-Friesland at Spitsbergen, Svalbard.[1] Alkefjellet is a bird cliff facing towards Hinlopen Strait.[2]
Alkefjellet (‘mount guillemot’) is the nesting location for over 60,000 breeding pairs of Brünnich’s guillemots. The cliffs are made of basalt columns up to100 m high, interspersed with a dark layer – a dolerite intrusion. The molten rock, as it intruded caused the limestone in the contact zone to re-crystalize and form marble.
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