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Svalbard
Svalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean north of mainland Europe, about midway between mainland Norway and the North Pole. It consists of a group of islands ranging from 74° to 81° north latitude, and from 10° to 35° east longitude. The archipelago is the northernmost part of Norway. Three...
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Bjørnøya
Bear Island (Norwegian: Bjørnøya, pronounced [ˈbjøːɳøja]) is the southernmost island of the Norwegian Svalbard archipelago. The island is located in the western part of the Barents Sea, approximately halfway between Spitsbergen and the North Cape....
Area:
- 178 km² (68.7 mi² )
Nordaustlandet
Nordaustlandet (sometimes translated as North East Land) is the second largest island in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, with an area of 14,443 km². As its name suggests, it lies north east of Spitsbergen, separated by the Hinlopen Strait....
Edgeøya
Edgeøya, occasionally anglicised as Edge Island, is an uninhabited Norwegian island in southeast of the Svalbard archipelago; it is the third largest island in this archipelago. An Arctic island, it forms part of the South East Svalbard Nature...
Hopen
Hopen is an island in the southeastern part of the Svalbard archipelago (Norway). Hopen was discovered in 1613, probably by Thomas Marmaduke of Hull, who named it after his former command, the Hopewell.
The Norwegian Meteorological Institute (Norges...
Barentsøya
Barents Island (Norwegian: Barentsøya) is one of the smaller islands in the Svalbard archipelago, lying between Edge Island (Edgeøya) and Spitsbergen. Barents Island has no permanent human inhabitants. Named for the Dutch explorer Willem Barents ...
Kong Karls Land
Kong Karls Land or King Charles Land is an island group in the Svalbard archipelago, in Arctic Ocean. The island group covers an area of 332 km² (128 sq mi) and is made up of the islands of Kongsøya, Svenskøya, Abeløya, Helgolandøya and Tirpitzøya....
Kvitøya
Kvitøya (English: "White Island") is an island in the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, with an area of 682 square kilometres (263 sq mi). It is located at 80°09′05″N 32°35′37″E / 80.15139°N 32.59361°E / 80.15139; 32.59361, making it the...
Area:
- 682 km² (263 mi² )
Danskøya
Danskøya (English: Danes Island) is an island in Norway's Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. It lies just off the northwest coast of Spitsbergen, the largest island in the archipelago, near to Magdalenefjorden. Just to the north lies of...
Prince Charles Foreland
Prince Charles Foreland, (Norwegian Prins Karls Forland or Forlandet), is an island in the Arctic archipelago Svalbard. The island is directly west of Oscar II Land on Spitsbergen and constitutes the western part of Svalbard. The entire island and...
Kongsøya
Kongsøya is an island in Svalbard, Norway. It is the largest of the islands in King Charles Land (Kong Karls Land). Its area is 191 square kilometres (74 sq mi). The other main island in the chain is Svenskøya.
Area:
- 191 km² (73.7 mi² )
Wilhelmøya
Wilhelmøya is an island in Svalbard. It is situated North East of Olav V Land on Spitsbergen, in the Hinlopen Strait. Its area is 120 km².
Area:
- 120 km² (46.3 mi² )
Svenskøya
Svenskøya (English: "Swedish Island") is an island in Svalbard. It is the second largest island of King Charles Land (Kong Karls Land) with an area of 137 km².
Area:
- 137 km² (52.9 mi² )
