Forlandsundet is an 88 km long sound separating
Prins Karls Forland
Prins Karls Forland or Forlandet, occasionally anglicized as Prince Charles Foreland, is an island off the west coast of Oscar II Land on Spitsbergen in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, Norway. The entire island and the surrounding sea area c ...
and
Spitsbergen. Its northern limits are
Fuglehuken
Fuglehuken ( en, bird hook) is a headland at the northern end of Prins Karls Forland, Svalbard
Svalbard ( , ), also known as Spitsbergen, or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. North of mainland Europe, it is abo ...
to the west and
Kvadehuken to the east. Its southern limits are
Salpynten to the west and
Daudmannsodden Daudmannsodden ("Dead Man's Cape") is a headland in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about three kilometers. Daudmannsodden and Salpynten mark the southern entrance of the strait of Forlandsundet. The coast between Daudmann ...
to the east.
References
* Norwegian Polar Institut
Place names in Norwegian polar areas
Straits of Svalbard
Spitsbergen
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