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Tiholmane
Tiholmane ( en, "Ten Islands" or "Ten Islets") is a group of ten small islands that form part of Thousand Islands, an archipelago south of Edgeøya in Svalbard. The largest of the islands are Lurøya, Kalvøya, Langåra and Rugla. The group also includes the smaller Sperra, Spunset, Bommen, Proppen, Rullesteinøya and Røysholmen Røysholmen ( en, Heap of Stones Islet) is an islet between Rullesteinøya and Rugla in Tiholmane Tiholmane ( en, "Ten Islands" or "Ten Islets") is a group of ten small islands that form part of Thousand Islands, an archipelago south of Edgeøya .... References * Norwegian Polar InstitutPlace Names of Svalbard Database Islands of Svalbard {{svalbard-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langåra
Langåra is one of the islands comprising Tiholmane Tiholmane ( en, "Ten Islands" or "Ten Islets") is a group of ten small islands that form part of Thousand Islands, an archipelago south of Edgeøya in Svalbard. The largest of the islands are Lurøya, Kalvøya, Langåra Langåra is one of the is ..., part of Thousand Islands, an island group south of Edgeøya. It is named after an island in Oslofjorden, Norway. 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. ( no, Tusenøyane) 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 The Muscovy Company (also called the Russia Company or the Muscovy Trading Company russian: Московская компания, Moskovskaya kompaniya) was an English trading company chartered in 1555. It was the first major chartered joint ...'s map (1625) showed a vague mass of islands as well, some labeled, such as ''We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugla
Rugla is the southernmost island of Tiholmane Tiholmane ( en, "Ten Islands" or "Ten Islets") is a group of ten small islands that form part of Thousand Islands, an archipelago south of Edgeøya in Svalbard. The largest of the islands are Lurøya, Kalvøya, Langåra Langåra is one of the is ..., part of Thousand Islands, an island group south of Edgeøya. References * Norwegian Polar InstitutPlace Names of Svalbard Database {{svalbard-geo-stub Islands of Svalbard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sperra
Sperra ( en, The Rafter) is a small islet south of Lurøya in Tiholmane Tiholmane ( en, "Ten Islands" or "Ten Islets") is a group of ten small islands that form part of Thousand Islands, an archipelago south of Edgeøya in Svalbard. The largest of the islands are Lurøya, Kalvøya, Langåra Langåra is one of the is ..., part of Thousand Islands, an archipelago south of Edgeøya. References * Norwegian Polar InstitutPlace Names of Svalbard Database Islands of Svalbard {{svalbard-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spunset
Spunset ( en, The Bung) is a small islet between Langåra and Bommen in Tiholmane Tiholmane ( en, "Ten Islands" or "Ten Islets") is a group of ten small islands that form part of Thousand Islands, an archipelago south of Edgeøya in Svalbard. The largest of the islands are Lurøya, Kalvøya, Langåra Langåra is one of the is ..., part of Thousand Islands, an archipelago south of Edgeøya. References * Norwegian Polar InstitutPlace Names of Svalbard Database Islands of Svalbard {{svalbard-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bommen (Svalbard)
Bommen ( en, The Bar) is an islet west of Langåra in Tiholmane, part of Thousand Islands, an archipelago south of Edgeøya. At low water it is connected with Langåra, creating a bar that partially blocks access to Tofamnhamna (Two Fathoms Bay), the anchorage within Langåra, Kalvøya, Lurøya, Sperra, Bommen and Spunset Spunset ( en, The Bung) is a small islet between Langåra and Bommen in Tiholmane Tiholmane ( en, "Ten Islands" or "Ten Islets") is a group of ten small islands that form part of Thousand Islands, an archipelago south of Edgeøya in Svalbard. The .... References * Norwegian Polar InstitutPlace Names of Svalbard Database Islands of Svalbard {{svalbard-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proppen
Proppen ( en, The Plug) is a small islet in the sound (''Sluket'' or ''"The Gully"'') between Langåra and Rullesteinøya in Tiholmane Tiholmane ( en, "Ten Islands" or "Ten Islets") is a group of ten small islands that form part of Thousand Islands, an archipelago south of Edgeøya in Svalbard. The largest of the islands are Lurøya, Kalvøya, Langåra Langåra is one of the is ..., part of Thousand Islands, an archipelago south of Edgeøya. References * Norwegian Polar InstitutPlace Names of Svalbard Database Islands of Svalbard {{svalbard-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rullesteinøya
Rullesteinøya ( en, Boulder Island) is a small island between Langåra and Rugla in Tiholmane Tiholmane ( en, "Ten Islands" or "Ten Islets") is a group of ten small islands that form part of Thousand Islands, an archipelago south of Edgeøya in Svalbard. The largest of the islands are Lurøya, Kalvøya, Langåra Langåra is one of the is ..., part of Thousand Islands, an archipelago south of Edgeøya. References * Norwegian Polar InstitutPlace Names of Svalbard Database Islands of Svalbard {{svalbard-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Røysholmen
Røysholmen ( en, Heap of Stones Islet) is an islet between Rullesteinøya and Rugla in Tiholmane Tiholmane ( en, "Ten Islands" or "Ten Islets") is a group of ten small islands that form part of Thousand Islands, an archipelago south of Edgeøya in Svalbard. The largest of the islands are Lurøya, Kalvøya, Langåra Langåra is one of the is ..., part of Thousand Islands, an archipelago south of Edgeøya. References * Norwegian Polar InstitutPlace Names of Svalbard Database Islands of Svalbard {{svalbard-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgeøya
Edgeøya (), occasionally anglicised as Edge Island, is a 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 English merchant and 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 Dutch) in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svalbard
Svalbard ( , ), also known as Spitsbergen, or Spitzbergen, is a Norway, Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. North of continental Europe, mainland Europe, it is 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, followed by Nordaustlandet and . The largest settlement is Longyearbyen. The islands were first used as a base by the Whaling, whalers who sailed far north in the 17th and 18th centuries, after which they were abandoned. Coal mining started at the beginning of the 20th century, and several permanent communities were established. The Svalbard Treaty of 1920 recognizes Norwegian sovereignty, and the 1925 Svalbard Act made Svalbard a full part of the Kingdom of Norway. They also established Svalbard as a free economic zone and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
