Platåberget as seen from Isfjorden
Platåberget in front of Adventfjorden
Platåberget is a mountain in Nordenskiöld Land on the island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard , Norway . It is 464 meters (1,522 ft) tall and has a distinct plateau shape, for which it is named. It is bordered to the west by the Bjørndalen valley and the Fuglefjella bird cliffs,[1] to the east by the Blomsterdalen mountain and to the north by Hotellneset and Adventfjorden .[2] The mountain is a few kilometers from Longyearbyen and is next to Svalbard Airport, Longyear . It is the site of Svalbard Satellite Station and Svalbard Global Seed Vault .
On 30 April 1995, a 22-year-old Norwegian college student, Nina Olaussen , was killed by a polar bear on Platåberget, only a few kilometers from Longyearbyen.[3]
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78°13.1′N 15°27.1′E / 78.2183°N 15.4517°E / 78.2183; 15.4517