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Prins Karls Forland or Forlandet, occasionally 
anglicized
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as Prince Charles Foreland, is an island off the west coast of 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
Oscar II (Oscar Fredrik; 21 January ...
on Spitsbergen in the Arctic archipelago
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Examples of archipelagos include: the Indonesian Arc ...
of Svalbard, Norway
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. The entire island and the surrounding sea area constitutes Forlandet National Park (''Forlandet nasjonalpark'').
History
The island was first seen by the Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz in 1596. In 1610, the English explorer Jonas Poole named it ''Black Point Isle''. By 1612 the English whalers were referring to the island as ''Prince Charles' Foreland'', after King James's son, Charles (later king of England and Scotland). The Dutch called it ''Kijn Island'', after a merchant, who, climbing a tall hill in 1612, fell and broke his neck. The English built a temporarywhaling
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It was practiced as an organized industr ...
station on the island's northern tip, known to the English as ''Fair Foreland'' (today Fuglehuken
Fuglehuken ( en, bird hook) is a headland at the northern end of Prins Karls Forland, Svalbard
Svalbard ( , ), also known as Spitsbergen, or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. North of mainland Europe, it is abo ...
).
See also
*List of islands of Norway
This is a list of islands of Norway sorted by name. For a list sorted by area, see List of islands of Norway by area.
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* Alden
* Aldra
* Algrøy
* Alsta
* Altra
* Anda
* Andabeløya
* Andørja
* Andøya, Vesterålen
* Andøya, Agder
* ...
References
Islands of Svalbard Uninhabited islands of Norway {{svalbard-geo-stub