Svenskøya
Svenskøya is an island in Svalbard. It is the second largest island of Kong Karls Land with an area of 137 km². Svenskøya is separated from Kongsøya by the strait Rivalensundet. The island is separated from Edgeøya and Barentsøya by the strait Olgastretet.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 120 metres (380 feet)
- Description: island of Svalbard
- Also known as“Det Svenske Forland”“Fastiisöen”“Giles-Land”“Isola del Ghiaccio Forte”“Promontoire Suédois”“Schwedisches Vorland”“Svenska Förlandet”“Svenskeöya”“Swedish Foreland”
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Latitude
78.73874° or 78° 44′ 20″ north
Longitude
26.7136° or 26° 42′ 49″ east
Open location code
CGC8PPQ7+FC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Svenskøya” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Շվենսկոյա”
- Azerbaijani: “Şvenskoya adası”
- Catalan: “Svenskøya”
- Cebuano: “Svenskøya”
- Chinese: “瑞典岛”
- Chinese: “瑞典島”
- Danish: “Svenskøen”
- Danish: “Svenskøya”
- Dutch: “Svenskøya”
- Estonian: “Svenskøya”
- French: “Svenskøya”
- German: “Svenskøya”
- Greek: “Σβένσκεγια”
- Italian: “Svenskøya”
- Japanese: “スヴェンスク島”
- Latvian: “Svenskeja”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Svenskeøya”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Svenskøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Svenskøya”
- Norwegian: “Svenskøya”
- Polish: “Wyspa Szwedzka”
- Pushto: “سويډنی ټاپو”
- Pushto: “سويډينی ټاپو”
- Russian: “Свенскёйа (архипелаг Шпицберген)”
- Russian: “Свенскёйа”
- Russian: “Шведский остров”
- Sardinian: “Svenskøya”
- Spanish: “Svenskøya”
- Swedish: “Svenskøya”
- Turkish: “Svenskøya”
- Ukrainian: “Свенскея”
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