Davisdalen

{{Short description |Valley of Spitsbergen, Norway}} {{Use dmy dates |date=October 2023}} '''Davisdalen''' is a valley in Nathorst Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is named after American geomorphologist William Morris Davis.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Norsk Fjelleksikon|title=Davisdalen|editor-first=Per Roger |editor-last=Lauritzen |editor-link=Per Roger Lauritzen |page= |year=2009 |publisher=Friluftsforlaget |location=Arendal |language=Norwegian |isbn=978-82-91-49547-7}}</ref> The valley has a length of about 5.5 kilometers, extending from the mountain ridge of Mjellegga southwards down to Davisodden, at the northern side of Van Keulenfjorden.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://placenames.npolar.no/stadnamn/Davisdalen |title=Davisdalen (Svalbard) |publisher=Norwegian Polar Institute |accessdate=24 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://placenames.npolar.no/stadnamn/Davisodden |title=Davisodden (Svalbard) |publisher=Norwegian Polar Institute |accessdate=24 February 2015}}</ref> A tributary valley to Davisdalen is Wittrockdalen.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://placenames.npolar.no/stadnamn/Wittrockdalen |title=Wittrockdalen (Svalbard) |publisher=Norwegian Polar Institute |accessdate=24 February 2015}}</ref>

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Category:Valleys of Spitsbergen