Kapp Linné is a

cape A cape is a clothing accessory or a sleeveless outer garment which drapes the wearer's back, arms, and chest, and connects at the neck. History Capes were common in medieval Europe, especially when combined with a hood in the chaperon. Th ...

at the south side of the outlet of Isfjorden on Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is named after botanist

Carl von Linné Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...

. The site is the location of

Isfjord Radio Isfjord Radio is a coast radio station, weather station and hotel located at Kapp Linné on the island Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway. The station was established in 1933, and has played an important role in the telecommunications between the ...

. Parts of Kapp Linné is a birdlife protected area.

References

Lighthouses in Svalbard Headlands of Spitsbergen {{Spitsbergen-geo-stub

See also

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