Tjuvfjordlaguna is a

lagoon A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses. Lagoons are commonly divided into ''coastal lagoons'' (or ''barrier lagoons'') a ...

Edgeøya Edgeøya (), occasionally anglicised as Edge Island, is a Norwegian island located in southeast of the Svalbard archipelago; with an area of , it is the third-largest island in this archipelago. An Arctic island, it forms part of the Søraust-Sva ...

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 just inside the head of

Tjuvfjorden Tjuvfjorden ( en, Robber or Thief Fjord) is a 45 km long and up to 30 km wide fjord separating Edgeøya’s two southern promontories, Kvalpynten (Whale Point) and Negerpynten (Negro Point). The fjord was originally named ''Deicrowe's So ...

, at the southeast side of the valley Dyrdalen, and northwest of

Schneiderberget Schneiderberget is a mountain at Edgeøya, Svalbard. It is located at the eastern side of Tjuvfjorden Tjuvfjorden ( en, Robber or Thief Fjord) is a 45 km long and up to 30 km wide fjord separating Edgeøya’s two southern promontories, K ...

. The glacier Deltabreen debouches into the lagoon.

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Bodies of water of Svalbard Lagoons of Norway Edgeøya {{svalbard-geo-stub