Sabinebukta () is a bay at the northern side of
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 ...
,
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 bay is split into
Vestre Sabinevågen and
Austre Sabinevågen. The
Sabine Islands are located in the outer part of the bay. The bay is named after Arctic explorer
Edward Sabine
Sir Edward Sabine (; 14 October 1788 – 26 June 1883) was an Irish physicist, geodesist,astronomer, geophysicist, ornithologist, polar explorer, soldier, and the 30th president of the Royal Society.
He led the effort to establish a system o ...
.
References
Bays of Svalbard
Nordaustlandet
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