Trygghamna ( en, haven) is a bay in
Oscar II Land
Oscar II Land is the land area between Isfjorden and Kongsfjorden on Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The long glacier Sveabreen divides Oscar II Land from James I Land.
The area is named after Oscar II of Sweden. Older name variants are ''Oscar II's La ...
at
Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen (; formerly known as West Spitsbergen; Norwegian: ''Vest Spitsbergen'' or ''Vestspitsbergen'' , also sometimes spelled Spitzbergen) is the largest and the only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norw ...
,
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 about six kilometer long, located at the northern side of
Isfjorden, east of
Protektorfjellet
Protektorfjellet is a mountain in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a height of 847 meter, and is located west of the bay Trygghamna
Trygghamna ( en, haven) is a bay in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is about six kilomet ...
, and separated from
Ymerbukta
Ymerbukta is a bay in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The glacier Esmarkbreen debouches into the bay. It is about long, located at the northern side of Isfjorden. The bay is separated from Trygghamna by the mountain chain Värmlandryggen ...
by the mountain chain
Värmlandryggen.
Historically, whalers frequently used Trygghamna as a safe harbour.
References
Bays of Spitsbergen
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