Operafjellet

Operafjellet
Elevation	951 m (3,120 ft) [1]
Location
Operafjellet Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Coordinates	78°13.5′N 16°3.1′E / 78.225°N 16.0517°E / 78.225; 16.0517Coordinates: 78°13.5′N 16°3.1′E / 78.225°N 16.0517°E / 78.225; 16.0517[1]

Operafjellet ("The Opera Mountain") is a mountain on Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway. It is 951 metres (3,120 ft) tall and is located on the north side of Adventfjorden. It is named for the amphitheatre-shape of the mountain on the western side, with the peak Tenoren ("The Tenor") sticking up.^[1] On 29 August 1996, it was the site for the crash of Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 during approach to Svalbard Airport, Longyear, killing 141 people.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Operafjellet". Norwegian Polar Institute. http://miljo.npolar.no/placenames/pages/detaile.asp?placeNameID=210846E. Retrieved 1 April 2010. 
2. ^ "29 Aug 1996". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19960829-0. Retrieved 1 April 2010.