The Norwegian Polar Institute is Norway's main institution for topographic and geological mapping in the Norwegian polar regions. Topographic maps
in several scales are available in addition to geological, coastal and other maps. Order maps by:
The Institute also offers the digital map applications
Svalbardkartet and
TopoSvalbard.
Maps can also be bought at the Tourist Information at the "Gateway to Svalbard" in the Svalbard Science Centre. In addition, you can download various
thematic maps from:
A number of various maps of selected regions of Svalbard (e.g. geological,
glaciological) were made by Polish scientists. Some of these maps may be out
of print. Many of them are not commercially available, but could be acquired
from the author or the publisher for education and research purposes.
Maps used in publications should be refered to in the following manner:
Map source: "Type of map used", "Name of institution that published the map
used", e.g. Map source: Svalbardkartet, Norwegian Polar Institute. |