Carlsen Island''Norway, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Official Standard Names Approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names''. 1963. Washington, DC: Office of Geography, p. 875. () is one of 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 ...

in 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 ...

archipelago. It lies southeast of

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 ...

and northeast of

Cape Weyprecht Cape WeyprechtConway, William Martin. 1897. ''The First Crossing of Spitsbergen''. London: J.M. Dent & Company, p. 288. () is a headland in the northeast part of Spitsbergen in Svalbard, in the area known as Olav V Land. The cape is named after ...

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 ...

. The island is a low basalt cliff and its highest point is only above sea level. The closest neighboring islands are Qvale Island about to the west and Nedrevaag Island about to the west. There are also some islets to the north and east. The wildlife consists largely of

polar bears The polar bear (''Ursus maritimus'') is a large bear native to the Arctic and nearby areas. It is closely related to the brown bear, and the two species can interbreed. The polar bear is the largest extant species of bear and land carnivo ...

. The island is named after Elling Carlsen (1819–1900), a Norwegian skipper and seal hunter.

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