Storfjorden ( English: ''Great Fjord'') is the body of water in the Svalbard archipelago in northern

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separating

Spitsbergen Spitsbergen (; formerly known as West Spitsbergen; Norwegian language, Norwegian: ''Vest Spitsbergen'' or ''Vestspitsbergen'' , also sometimes spelled Spitzbergen) is the largest and the only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipel ...

in the west from Barentsøya and

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to the east. Its southern limits are Kikutodden in Sørkapp Land east to Håøya, Tiholmane, Brækmoholmane, and Menkeøyane in

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and northeast to Svarthuken—the southeastern promontory of Edgeøya. Its limits on its eastern side are Sundneset on the northern side of Freemansundet south to Palibinramten on the northwest coast of Edgeøya. The northern part is called Ginevra Bay, which lies between Olav V Land and Barentsøya. It ends at Heleysundet. Storfjorden was historically known as ''Wybe Jans Water'', named after the Frisian whaler Wybe Jansz van Stavoren. The fjord was first labelled as such in 1620.

References

*Conway, W. M. 1906. No Man's Land: A History of Spitsbergen from Its Discovery in 1596 to the Beginning of the Scientific Exploration of the Country. Cambridge: At the University Press. *Norwegian Polar Institut
Place Names of Svalbard Database
* Fjords of Svalbard Landforms of Spitsbergen Barentsøya Edgeøya {{svalbard-geo-stub