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Thousand IslandsDodd, G. J., G. P. Benson, & D. T. Watts. 1996. ''Arctic Pilot'', vol. 2. Taunton, UK: Hydrographer of the Navy, p. 225. () is a group of small islands south of Edgeøya. They form part of the
Thousand IslandsDodd, G. J., G. P. Benson, & D. T. Watts. 1996. ''Arctic Pilot'', vol. 2. Taunton, UK: Hydrographer of the Navy, p. 225. () is a group of small islands south of Edgeøya. They form part of 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. The group consists of over forty islands and islets, including Brotskjer, Kulstadholmane, Utsira, Tufsen, Kong Ludvigøyane, Bölscheøya, Hornøya, Tiholmane, Meinickeøyane, Sletteøya, Schareholmane, Skråholmen
Skråholmen () is an islet about 2 miles (3 km) northeast of Schareholmane. It is part of Thousand Islands, an archipelago south of Edgeøya.
References
* Norwegian Polar InstitutPlace Names of Svalbard Database
Islands of Svalbard
, Brækmoholmane, Tareloppa, Vindholmen, and Menkeøyane.
History
The Dutchman Joris Carolus was the first to distinctly mark a group of small islands south of Edgeøya. TheMuscovy Company
The Muscovy Company (also called the Russia Company or the Muscovy Trading Company; ) was an English trading company chartered in 1555. It was the first major Chartered company, chartered joint-stock company, the precursor of the type of business ...
's map (1625) showed a vague mass of islands as well, some labeled, such as ''Wester I.'', ''Beare Iland'', ''Heling I.'', and the ''Hopeless Iles.'' (perhaps Kong Ludvigøyane). The cartographers Gerard Valck and Peter Schenk the Elder
Petrus Schenck, or Pieter, or Peter Schenk the Elder (baptized: 26 December 1660 – between 12 August and 17 November 1711) was a German engraver and cartographer active in Amsterdam and Leipzig.William Scoresby (1820) is thought to have been the first to label them with the popular name of ''Thousand Islands'', the name they retain to this day.
Place Names of Svalbard Database
Norwegian Polar Institute Islands of Svalbard {{svalbard-geo-stub
References
Related reading
* Conway, W. M. (1906) ''No Man’s Land: A History of Spitsbergen from Its Discovery in 1596 to the Beginning of the Scientific Exploration of the Country'' (Cambridge University Press) *Purchas, S. (1625) ''Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Lande Travells by Englishmen and others. Volumes XIII and XIV'' (Reprint 1906 J. Maclehose and sons).External links
Place Names of Svalbard Database
Norwegian Polar Institute Islands of Svalbard {{svalbard-geo-stub