Peakbagger.com
Peak Lists	Climbers	Ranges	Geography	Help	Search	Log In

Norwegian Sea Islands

Range Type	Archipelago
Highest Point	Beerenberg (2277 m/7470 ft)
Countries	Iceland (98%), Faroe Islands (1%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	103,410 sq km / 39,927 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	1,085 km / 674 mi North-South 817 km / 508 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	64° 58' N; 19° 1' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
Search Engines - search the web for "Norwegian Sea Islands": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search

Map of Norwegian Sea Islands
Click on red triangle icons for links to other ranges.

Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.
Click Here for a Full Screen Map

Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Norwegian Sea Islands.

Scandinavia-European Arctic	Level 2 (Parent)
Svalbard	Level 3 (Sibling)
Western Russian Arctic Islands	Level 3 (Sibling)
Norwegian Sea Islands	Level 3
Iceland	Level 4 (Child)
Jan Mayen Island	Level 4 (Child)
Faroe Islands	Level 4 (Child)
Scandinavian Mountains	Level 3 (Sibling)
Finland-Kola-Karelia Area	Level 3 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Norwegian Sea Islands

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Beerenberg	2277	7470	Jan Mayen Island
2.	Hakluyttoppen	2203	7228	Jan Mayen Island
3.	Mercantontoppen	2188	7178	Jan Mayen Island
4.	Hvannadalshnúkur	2110	6923	Iceland
5.	Bárðarbunga	2009	6591	Iceland
6.	Kverkfjöll	1929	6329	Iceland
7.	Snæffel	1833	6014	Iceland
8.	Hofsjökull	1782	5846	Iceland
9.	Háabunga	1742	5715	Iceland
10.	Snæhetta	1737	5699	Iceland
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Beerenberg	2277	7470	Jan Mayen Island
2.	Hvannadalshnúkur	2110	6923	Iceland
3.	Slættaratindur	880	2887	Faroe Islands

Photos of Peaks in the Norwegian Sea Islands

Beerenberg Climbers approaching the final summit of Beerenberg, with the south end of Jan Mayen Island surrounded by the Arctic Ocean in the background (2019-06-13). Click here for larger-size photo.	Hvannadalshnúkur Hvannadalsnúkur, the icy top of Iceland (2006-07-22). Photo by James Barlow. Click here for larger-size photo.
Herðubreið a bit a strange landmark on the peak (2011-09-17). Photo by Iwan Auderset. Click here for larger-size photo.	Hekla Mt Hekla viewed from near Stöng, Iceland (2018-07-05). Photo by Walter Blume. Click here for larger-size photo.
Snæfellsjökull Snæfellsjökull as seen from the dirt road to the east that connects Ólafsvík to Arnarstapi (2004-08-14). Photo by James Barlow. Click here for larger-size photo.	Blátindur Great campsite on the way up Blátindur, Iceland (2009-07-18). Photo by James Barlow. Click here for larger-size photo.
Kristínartindar The ridge extending down from the summit of Kristínartindar (not a part of the route up) (2021-09-01). Photo by Emily Bei Cheng. Click here for larger-size photo.	Esja Esja rises prominently above the Reykjavík skyline as seen from the spring bloom in Alftanes (2004-06-16). Photo by James Barlow. Click here for larger-size photo.
Brennisteinsalda Brennisteinsalda (2019-09-09). Photo by John McHugh. Click here for larger-size photo.	Slættaratindur Start at the parking lot on the right, then about 2km and 500m in altitude to the top (2019-04-13). Photo by Iwan Auderset. Click here for larger-size photo.

This page has been served 16777 times since 2004-11-01.

Questions/Comments/Corrections? See the Contact Page