Halvmånesundet is a strait between

Halvmåneøya Halvmåneøya ( en, Half Moon Island) is a small, uninhabited Norwegian island off the southeastern coast of Edgeøya, part of the Svalbard archipelago. Halvmåneøya, as part of Edgeøya, has been a nature preserve since 1973, and visitation is st ...

and Edgeøya,

Svalbard Svalbard ( , ), also known as Spitsbergen, or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. North of mainland Europe, it is about midway between the northern coast of Norway and the North Pole. The islands of the group range ...

. It is located east of the peninsula with the headland

Negerpynten Negerpynten (Negro Point) is a headland at Edgeøya, Svalbard. It is the southernmost point of Edgeøya, and has a length of about two kilometers. The rock consists of dark shales, and reaches 326 m.a.s.l. The bay Tjuvfjorden is located between Ne ...

. The strait has a width of about 1.8 nautical miles at the narrowest point.

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Straits of Svalbard {{svalbard-geo-stub