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Galileotoppen

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Galileotoppen

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Galileotoppen is a mountain on Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway. At 1,637 metres (5, 371 ft) tall, it is the fifth-tallest peak on Svalbard. It is located west of Wijdefjorden northwest of Newtontoppen in the south of Ny-Friesland. It is named for the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei (1564–1642).

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