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Nordre Repøya is the northern island of the two
Repøyane Repøyane is the name of two islands off Orvin Land at Nordaustlandet, Svalbard. The two islands, Nordre Repøya, Nordre and Søre Repøya, are located at the northern side of Glenhalvøya, at the mouth of Duvefjorden. The two islands are separate ...
, off Orvin Land at
Nordaustlandet Nordaustlandet (Anglicised 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 large ice ca ...
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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 island rises to a height of 230 m.a.s.l. It is separated from Søre Repøya by the sound Poortsundet. The island is named after Dutch whaler and map publisher Outger Rep van Oostzaan.


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Islands of Svalbard {{svalbard-geo-stub