Verlegenhuken is the northernmost point of
Ny-Friesland 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 ...
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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 ...
. It is located north of the coastal plain
Verlegenhukflya at the peninsula
Mosselhalvøya Mosselhalvøya is a peninsula in Ny-Friesland at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is located between Mosselbukta and Sorgfjorden
Sorgfjorden is a fjord at the northeastern coast of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It cuts into Ny-Friesland
Ny-Friesland is ...
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Verlegenhuken is the most northern point of Spitsbergen.
Among older names of the point are ''Verlegen hoeck'', ''Cap Vertegen'', ''Cap Lointain'', ''Point Desire'', ''Ferlejenhuk'', ''Vrangneset'', and ''Langenes''.
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Headlands of Spitsbergen
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