The Bastian Islands () are a group of islands in

Hinlopen Strait The Hinlopen Strait () is the strait between Spitsbergen and Nordaustlandet in Svalbard, Norway. It is long and wide. The strait is difficult to pass because of pack ice. It is believed to have been named after Thijmen Jacobsz Hinlopen. The ...

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 ...

. The islands are located southeast of

Wilhelm Island Wilhelm Island () is an island in the Svalbard archipelago. It is situated northeast of Olav V Land on Spitsbergen, in Hinlopen Strait. Its area is 120 km². About 33.5 % of the island is covered with ice. The island was named after Wilhelm I ...

The islands are named after German explorer

Adolf Bastian Adolf Philipp Wilhelm Bastian (26 June 18262 February 1905) was a 19th-century polymath remembered best for his contributions to the development of ethnography and the development of anthropology as a discipline. His theory of the ''Elementargedan ...

. The Bastian Islands are the northern islands of a larger group, and the southern islands of this group are called the

Rønnbeck Islands The Rønnbeck Islands () are a group of islands in Hinlopen Strait, Svalbard. They are located south of the Bastian Islands The Bastian Islands () are a group of islands in Hinlopen Strait, Svalbard. The islands are located southeast of Wilhelm ...

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Islands of Svalbard {{svalbard-geo-stub