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Andréeneset is headland at the southwestern point of the island of
Kvitøya Kvitøya (English: "White Island") is an island in the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, with an area of . It is the easternmost part of the Kingdom of Norway. The closest Russian Arctic possession, Victoria Island, lies only to the e ...
in the Svalbard archipelago. It is named after engineer and Arctic explorer
Salomon August Andrée Salomon August Andrée (18 October 1854, in Gränna, Småland – October 1897, in Kvitøya, Arctic Norway), during his lifetime most often known as S. A. Andrée, was a Swedish engineer, physicist, aeronaut and polar explorer who died whi ...
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See also

* Hornodden


References

Headlands of Svalbard Kvitøya {{svalbard-geo-stub