Schareholmane ( en, Schare Islands or ''Schare Islets'') is a group of three larger and a few smaller islets east of

Tiholmane Tiholmane ( en, "Ten Islands" or "Ten Islets") is a group of ten small islands that form part of Thousand Islands, an archipelago south of Edgeøya in Svalbard. The largest of the islands are Lurøya, Kalvøya, Langåra Langåra is one of the is ...

, part of Thousand Islands, an archipelago south of Edgeøya. The group includes

Blokkøya Blokkøya ( en, Block Island) is an island in the southwestern part of Scareholmane, an island group in Thousand Islands, an archipelago south of Edgeøya Edgeøya (), occasionally anglicised as Edge Island, is a Norwegian island located in south ...

Kvalbeinøya Kvalbeinøya ( en, Whale Bone Island) is the northwesternmost island in Scareholmane, part of Thousand Islands, an archipelago south of Edgeøya Edgeøya (), occasionally anglicised as Edge Island, is a Norwegian island located in southeast of t ...

and

Havmerra Havmerra ( en, The Sea Horse) is an island in the eastern part of Schareholmane, part of Thousand Islands, an archipelago south of Edgeøya. ''Sea horse'' is an old name for the Walrus. The island harbors the most important population of this speci ...

. The islets are named after Christian Schare, who, along with four others, was forced to overwinter here after they had lost their ship on September 3, 1833. All but one (who had died) were saved on June 22, 1834.

References

* Norwegian Polar Institut
Place Names of Svalbard Database
Islands of Svalbard {{svalbard-geo-stub