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Hopen (band)
Hopen or Höpen may refer to: *Hopen (Svalbard), an island in Svalbard, Norway * Hopen, Møre og Romsdal, a village in Smøla Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway * Hopen, Nordland, a village in Vågan Municipality Vågan ( sme, Vuogát) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Lofoten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Svolvær. Some of the villages in Vågan include Digermulen, ... in Nordland county, Norway *Hopen Church, a church in Smøla Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway *Hopen Radio, a radio station in Svalbard, Norway *Höpen Airfield, near Schneverdingen, Germany Persons with the surname Hopen *Ørjan Hopen, Norwegian footballer {{disambiguation, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hopen (Svalbard)
Hopen is an island in the southeastern part of the Svalbard archipelago (Norway). Hopen was discovered in 1596 by Jan Cornelisz Rijp during the third expedition by Willem Barentsz, trying to find the Northeast Passage. Later, in 1613, its name was given by Thomas Marmaduke of Hull, who named it after his former command, the ''Hopewell''. The Norwegian Meteorological Institute operates a staffed weather station on the island with a staff of four persons. For the welfare of the crew, there are three cabins available on the island for their use. During World War II, the Luftwaffe placed a meteorological team there under cover of Operation Zitronella. On August 28, 1978 an early model Tupolev Tu-16 of the Soviet Air Force crashed on the island. All seven crew were killed in the accident. It was discovered two days later by the four-man Norwegian weather forecasting team. The USSR refused to admit the loss of an aircraft until the bodies of the crew were given to them. Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |