Foynøya is an island off the coast of

Nordaustlandet Nordaustlandet (Anglicised as North East Land) is the second-largest island in the archipelago of Svalbard, Norway, with an area of . It lies north east of Spitsbergen, separated by Hinlopen Strait. Much of Nordaustlandet lies under large ice ca ...

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 ...

. Sources give the size as about or about . The island is named after whaling pioneer Svend Foyn. Previous names include ''Walrus Eyland'', ''Föyen's Island'' and ''Foyn Island''. The island is part of the Nordaust-Svalbard Nature Reserve.

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Islands of Svalbard {{svalbard-geo-stub