Lægerneset ( English: ''Camp Point'') is a headland on the eastern side of Recherche Fjord,

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 ...

. It was once known as "Whale Head" or "Edge's Point", which was named after the English merchant and whaler Thomas Edge. An English

whaling Whaling is the hunting of whales for their products such as meat and blubber, which can be turned into a type of oil that was important in the Industrial Revolution. Whaling was practiced as an organized industry as early as 875 AD. By the 16t ...

station was situated on the point in the first half of the 17th century.

References

* Norwegian Polar Institute
Place names in Norwegian polar areas
Whaling stations in Norway 1615 establishments in Norway Peninsulas of Spitsbergen Former populated places in Svalbard Whaling in Norway Whaling in the United Kingdom {{spitsbergen-geo-stub