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121Ekmanfjorden — is an 18 km long fjord branching north from inner Isfjorden. It is separated by Nordfjorden to the south by Sveaneset in the west and Kapp Wærn in the east. It lies within Nordre Isfjorden Nasjonalpark.The fjord is named after the Swedish… …
122Ryke Yseøyane — is a group of several small islands off the east coast of Edgeøya. The islands are named after the Dutch whaler Ryke Yse of Vlieland, who discovered them about 1640 45. The group was first marked by Hendrick Doncker, of Amsterdam, in 1663.… …
123Halvmåneøya — (English: Half Moon Island ) is a small island off the southeastern coast of Edgeøya. The island was labelled as Abbots I . by the Muscovy Company’s map (1625), and St. Jacob by Willem Jansz. Blaeu (1662). Hendrick Doncker (1663) was the first to …
124Sørkappøya — (English: South Cape Island) is a 7 km long island at the southern tip of Spitsbergen, the largest island of the Svalbard archipelago. Behind the island is Sørkapp (South Cape), the southern cape of Spitsbergen. References* Norwegian Polar… …
125Raudfjorden — (English: Red fjord) is a 20 km long and 5 km wide fjord on the northwestern coast of Spitsbergen. It has two southern branches, Klinckowströmfjorden and Ayerfjorden. The fjord is situated on the divide between Albert I Land and Haakon VII Land.… …
126Kobbefjorden — (English: Seal fjord ) is a small fjord on the west coast of Danskøya, on the northwestern coast of Spitsbergen, the largest island of the Svalbard archipelago. HistoryKobbefjorden is merely a translation of the Dutch term for the fjord, Robbe… …
127Waldenøya — is a small, rocky island just north of Nordkapp, Nordaustlandet. It is part of Sjuøyane. The island is named after John Walden, who was a midshipman aboard the Hon. Constantine John Phipps H.M.S. Racehorse in 1773. Walden, along with two pilots,… …
128Phippsøya — is the largest island in Sjuøyane, an island group north of Nordaustlandet. The island is named after the English explorer Constantine John Phipps, who commanded two bomb vessels, the H.M.S Racehorse and the H.M.S Carcass , on an expedition to… …
