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Kapp Laura is a headland at the eastern side of
Nordaustlandet Nordaustlandet (sometimes translated as North East Land) is the second-largest island in the archipelago of Svalbard, Norway, with an area of . It lies north east of Spitsbergen, separated by Hinlopen Strait. Much of Nordaustlandet lies under la ...
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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 ...
. The headland is named after Laura Albertini, mother of Italian expedition leader
Giovanni Albertini Giovanni may refer to: * Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname * Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data * '' Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend ...
. The island of
Storøya Storøya is an island in the Svalbard archipelago. It is located east of Nordaustlandet, separated from Nordaustlandet by the strait of Storøysundet. The southern part of the island is covered by the glacier Storøyjøkulen. Storøya is include ...
is located about five nautical miles to the east northeast, separated from Nordaustlandet by the strait
Storøysundet Storøysundet is a strait in the Svalbard archipelago. It separates the island of Storøya to the east from Nordaustlandet to the west. The area is included in the Nordaust-Svalbard Nature Reserve Nordaust-Svalbard Nature Reserve ( no, Nordaust-S ...
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Headlands of Nordaustlandet {{Nordaustlandet-geo-stub