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Fuglefjorden is a fjord in
Albert I Land Albert I Land is the land area of the northwestern part of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is bordered by Haakon VII Land to the southeast. To the northeast lies Raudfjorden and its inner branch, Klinckowströmfjorden, to the southeast Krossfjor ...
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Spitsbergen Spitsbergen (; formerly known as West Spitsbergen; Norwegian: ''Vest Spitsbergen'' or ''Vestspitsbergen'' , also sometimes spelled Spitzbergen) is the largest and the only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norw ...
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Svalbard Svalbard ( , ), also known as Spitsbergen, or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. North of mainland Europe, it is about midway between the northern coast of Norway and the North Pole. The islands of the group range ...
. It is located on the northern side of the peninsula
Vasahalvøya Vasahalvøya is a peninsula in Albert I Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The peninsula is named after Gustav Vasa. It is located between the fjords of Smeerenburgfjorden Smeerenburgfjorden is a fjord in Albert I Land Albert I Land is the land ...
, and has a length of three nautical miles. The island of Fugløya divides the fjord into two branches. The eastern branch has several islets, skerries and shoals.


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Fjords of Spitsbergen {{Spitsbergen-fjord-stub