Jutulsessen

It is located in Princess Martha Coast, 235 kilometers (146 mi) from the King Haakon VII Sea.

It is located 13 kilometers (8.1 mi) north of Terningskarvet, also in the Gjelsvik Mountains of Queen Maud Land.

[1] Jutulsessen is located in the eastern part of Princess Martha Coast in Queen Maud Land, which Norway claims as a dependent territory.

[3] The base is located 1,270 meters (4,170 ft) above mean sea level and is completely surrounded by the Antarctic ice sheet.

Being located south of the Antarctic Circle, Troll has midnight sun in the summer and polar night during the winter.

When searching for a new station, the Norwegian Polar Institute decided to find an area which would be snow-free in January and February and which was close to blue ice that would allow the establishment of an airfield.

The area was explored by helicopter on January 11, 1990, and the expedition decided to establish a base on the lower parts of Jutulessen.

[17] The station facilities are owned by the Government of Norway through the Norwegian Directorate of Public Construction and Property.

[21] A 500 ha site some 6 km south-east of Troll Station has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International, because it supports a large breeding colony of about 38,000 pairs of Antarctic petrels on north-facing slopes in the mountains.