Heer-Land

77.78333333333317.886111111111Koordinaten: 77 ° 47 '0 " N, 17 ° 53' 10" E

Host country is an area on the island of Spitsbergen, which belongs to Svalbard. The area is located in the southeast of Nordenskiöld Land and on the border of the 10 designated as Management Area region in which tourists are allowed to move freely, so check back often perform accompanied trips from Longyearbyen to the Storfjorden on its northern border - on the coast can often polar bears be observed, which is the destination of many tourists.

Geography

In the north east borders Nordenskioldbukta country to host country, to the north by the Sabine country. The West is completely occupied by Storfjorden, in the south, Torell Land and Nathorst close to land. The inner bays from the Van Mijenfjorden border on army land. The area is criss-crossed by glaciers. There are no settlements.

Etymology

Host - country is named after Oswald Heer (1809-1883), a Swiss Paläobiologen, which dealt among other things with the fossil plants of Svalbard. Army was a professor at the University of Zurich.

Swell

• Article army land in The Place Names of Svalbard; Norsk Polarinstitutt; Oslo 1942-2010; ISBN 82-90307-82-9 ( 2001 edition ) (English / Norwegian)

• Spitsbergen
• Geography ( Svalbard )