Lågøya ( en, Low Island) is an island in Svalbard, Norway. It is situated north west of

Nordaustlandet Nordaustlandet (sometimes translated 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 la ...

. The area is 103.5 km². The island has rarely been visited. Lågøya was first marked on the Muscovy Company's map (1625) as ''Purchas plus ultra Island''. Cornelis Giles and Outger Rep (c. 1710) labeled it ''t' Lage eyl''. The island was first marked ''Low Island'' by

William Scoresby William Scoresby (5 October 178921 March 1857) was an English whaler, Arctic explorer, scientist and clergyman. Early years Scoresby was born in the village of Cropton near Pickering south-west of Whitby in Yorkshire. His father, William ...

(1820).

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 in Norwegian polar areas

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