Tjuvfjorden

Tjuvfjorden is a 45 km long and up to 30 km wide fjord separating ’s two southern promontories, and . The fjord was originally named Deicrowe's Sound by the English in 1616 after Benjamin Decrow, who was a leading figure of the Muscovy Company from 1610 onwards.
Wikipedia
  • Bay
  • Description: fjord in Svalbard
  • Also known as
    “Baie des Voleurs”
    “Baye de Deeve”
    “Cross Sound”
    “De Dieve Baij”
    “Deeva Bay”
    “Deeve Bay”
    “Deevie Bay”
    “Deicrowes Bay”
    “Deicrowes Sond”
    “Deicrowes Sound”
    “Deve Bay”
    “Devebugt”
    “Divebay”
    “Divibay”
    “Dybe-Bay”
    “Dybebai”
    “Dyfjorden”
    “Dyvebai”
    “Gavan Athale”
    “Londen Bay”
    “London Bay”
  • Categories
    fjord
    body of water
  • Location
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Latitude
77.43871° or 77° 26′ 19″ north
Longitude
22.20839° or 22° 12′ 30″ east
Open location code
CG94C6Q5+F9
Geo­Names ID
607057
Wiki­data ID
Q1771301

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Swedish—“Tjuvfjorden” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Syuvfiord”
  • Cebuano: “Tjuvfjorden”
  • Danish: “Tjuvfjorden”
  • Dutch: “Tjuvfjorden”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tjuvfjorden”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tjuvfjorden”
  • Norwegian: “Tjuvfjorden”
  • Russian: “Тьювфьорд”
  • Russian: “Хьюв-фьорд”
  • Swedish: “Tjuvfjorden”

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