Lernerneset is a headland at the northwestern coast of
Abel Island
Abel Island ( no, Abeløya) is an island in Svalbard. It is the third-largest island of Kong Karls Land with an area of .
It is named after the Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel. Abel Island is separated from Kongsøya by the strait Lydiann ...
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Kong Karls Land
Kong Karls Land or King Charles Land is an island group in the Svalbard archipelago, in the Arctic Ocean. The island group covers an area of and is made up of the islands of Kongsøya, Svenskøya, Abel Island, Helgoland Island, and Tirpitzøya.
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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 German Arctic explorer
Theodor Lerner. A former variant of the name was ''Kap Lerner''.
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Headlands of Svalbard
Abel Island
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