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Brækmoholmane
Brækmoholmane () is an island group composed of three islands, Store Brækmoholmen, Trønderen and Alkekongen. They form part of Thousand Islands, an archipelago south of Edgeøya. The islands are named after the Norwegian sailor and fisherman Sivert Brækmo (1853-1930), who visited Svalbard Svalbard ( , ), previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norway, Norwegian archipelago that lies at the convergence of the Arctic Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean. North of continental Europe, mainland Europe, it lies about midway be ... regularly between 1876 and 1895. References * Norwegian Polar InstitutPlace Names of Svalbard Database Islands of Svalbard {{DEFAULTSORT:Braekmoholmane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Store Brækmoholmen
Store Brækmoholmen () is the largest island in Brækmoholmane, part of Thousand Islands, an island group south of Edgeøya. The island is named after Sivert Brækmo (1853-1930), a Norwegian sailor and fishermen who regularly visited Svalbard Svalbard ( , ), previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norway, Norwegian archipelago that lies at the convergence of the Arctic Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean. North of continental Europe, mainland Europe, it lies about midway be ... between 1876 and 1895. References * Norwegian Polar InstitutPlace Names of Svalbard Database Islands of Svalbard {{svalbard-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alkekongen
Alkekongen is an islet in Brækmoholmane, part of Thousand Islands, an island group south of Edgeøya, Norway. Its name is derived from the fact that thousands of little auk The little auk (Europe) or dovekie (North America) ''Alle alle'' is a small auk, the only member of the genus ''Alle''. ''Alle'' is the Sami name of the long-tailed duck; it is onomatopoeic and imitates the call of the drake duck. Linnaeus was n ...s breed among the boulders of the island. References * Norwegian Polar InstitutPlace Names of Svalbard Database Islands of Svalbard {{svalbard-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trønderen
Trønderen () is an islet in Brækmoholmane, part of Thousand Islands, an island group south of Edgeøya. The island is named after Trøndelag, Norway, the birthplace of Sivert Brækmo (1853–1930), a Norwegian sailor and fishermen who regularly visited Svalbard Svalbard ( , ), previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norway, Norwegian archipelago that lies at the convergence of the Arctic Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean. North of continental Europe, mainland Europe, it lies about midway be ... between 1876 and 1895. References * Norwegian Polar InstitutPlace Names of Svalbard Database Islands of Svalbard {{svalbard-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thousand Islands (Svalbard)
Thousand IslandsDodd, G. J., G. P. Benson, & D. T. Watts. 1996. ''Arctic Pilot'', vol. 2. Taunton, UK: Hydrographer of the Navy, p. 225. () is a group of small islands south of Edgeøya. They form part of the Svalbard archipelago. The group consists of over forty islands and islets, including Brotskjer, Kulstadholmane, Utsira, Tufsen, Kong Ludvigøyane, Bölscheøya, Hornøya, Tiholmane, Meinickeøyane, Sletteøya, Schareholmane, Skråholmen, Brækmoholmane, Tareloppa, Vindholmen, and Menkeøyane. History The Dutchman Joris Carolus was the first to distinctly mark a group of small islands south of Edgeøya. The Muscovy Company's map (1625) showed a vague mass of islands as well, some labeled, such as ''Wester I.'', ''Beare Iland'', ''Heling I.'', and the ''Hopeless Iles.'' (perhaps Kong Ludvigøyane). The cartographers Gerard Valck and Peter Schenk the Elder Petrus Schenck, or Pieter, or Peter Schenk the Elder (baptized: 26 December 1660 – between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgeøya
Edgeøya (), anglicised as Edge Island, is a Norway, 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-Svalbard Nature Reserve, home to polar bears and reindeer. An ice field covers its eastern side. The island takes its name from Thomas Edge (died 1624), an England, English merchant and whaling, whaler. It is seldom visited today and development of tourist facilities is forbidden by law because of its nature reserve status. History The history of Edgeøya's discovery has been a matter of dispute. Thomas Edge, writing in 1622, claimed the island was discovered by one of his ships in 1616. However, Joris Carolus, in a map published in 1614 and allegedly based on discoveries made by him the same year, shows what appears to be Edgeøya's south coast. Carolus showed the coastline split into two parts: "Onbekende Cust" (meaning "Unknown Coast" in Dutc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a Dependencies of Norway, dependency, and not a part of the Kingdom; Norway also Territorial claims in Antarctica, claims the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. Norway has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Oslo. The country has a total area of . The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden, and is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast. Norway has an extensive coastline facing the Skagerrak strait, the North Atlantic Ocean, and the Barents Sea. The unified kingdom of Norway was established in 872 as a merger of Petty kingdoms of Norway, petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sivert Brækmo
Sivert is a Scandinavian male name, a variant of Sigvard and Siward. It may refer to: *Sivert Høyem (born 1976), Norwegian singer *Sivert Langholm (1927–2022), Norwegian historian *Sivert Mattsson (1907–1999), Swedish cross country skier *Sivert Andreas Nielsen (1916–2004), Norwegian civil servant, banker and politician *Sivert Andreas Nielsen (1823–1904), Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party *Sivert Samuelson (1883–1958), South African cricketer *Sivert Christensen Strøm (1819–1902), Norwegian jurist and politician *Sivert Todal (1904–1988), Norwegian politician See also *Sievert (name) *Sigurd Sigurd ( ) or Siegfried (Middle High German: ''Sîvrit'') is a legendary hero of Germanic heroic legend, who killed a dragon — known in Nordic tradition as Fafnir () — and who was later murdered. In the Nordic countries, he is referred t ... {{disambiguation, given name Scandinavian masculine given names Norwegian masculine given names Masculine give ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svalbard
Svalbard ( , ), previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norway, Norwegian archipelago that lies at the convergence of the Arctic Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean. North of continental Europe, mainland Europe, it lies about midway between the northern coast of Norway and the North Pole. The islands of the group range from 74th parallel north, 74° to 81st parallel north, 81° north latitude, and from 10th meridian east, 10° to 35th meridian east, 35° east longitude. The largest island is Spitsbergen (37,673 km2), followed in size by Nordaustlandet (14,443 km2), (5,073 km2), and Barentsøya (1,288 km2). Bear Island (Norway), Bjørnøya or Bear Island (178 km2) is the most southerly island in the territory, situated some 147 km south of Spitsbergen. Other small islands in the group include Hopen (Svalbard), Hopen to the southeast of Edgeøya, Kongsøya and Svenskøya in the east, and Kvitøya to the northeast. The largest settlement is Longyearbyen, situated in Isfjor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
