Tirpitzøya is an island in the
Svalbard archipelago, one of the islands of
Kong Karls Land
Kong Karls Land or King Charles Land is an island group in the Svalbard archipelago, in the Arctic Ocean. The island group covers an area of and is made up of the islands of Kongsøya, Svenskøya, Abel Island, Helgoland Island, and Tirpitzøy ...
. It has a length of about 3.3 kilometers, and is located outside the bay of
Breibukta Breibukta is a bay at the southern side of Kongsøya in Kong Karls Land, Svalbard. It stretches from Kapp Altmann via Helgoland Island
Helgoland Island ( no, Helgolandøya) is an island in the Svalbard archipelago, one of the islands of Kong Karl ...
of
Kongsøya
Kongsøya is an island in Svalbard, Norway. It is the largest of the islands in King Charles Land (Kong Karls Land). Its area is . The other main island in the chain is Svenskøya.
Geography
Kongsøya is the largest island in Kong Karls Land, a ...
. The island is named after German admiral
Alfred von Tirpitz
Alfred Peter Friedrich von Tirpitz (19 March 1849 – 6 March 1930) was a German grand admiral, Secretary of State of the German Imperial Naval Office, the powerful administrative branch of the German Imperial Navy from 1897 until 1916. Prussi ...
.
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.
A
* Alden
* Aldra
* Algrøy
* Alsta
* Altra
* Anda
* Andabeløya
* Andørja
* Andøya, Vesterålen
* Andøya, Agder
* ...
References
Islands of Svalbard
Kong Karls Land
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