Storøya
Storøya is an island in the Svalbard archipelago. It is located east of Nordaustlandet, separated from Nordaustlandet by the strait of Storøysundet. The southern part of the island is covered by the glacier Storøyjøkulen.- Type: Island
- Description: island in Svalbard, Norway
- Also known as: “Big Island”, “Grande Ile”, “Great High Island”, “Great Insel”, “Great Island”, “Groot Hoog Eyland”, “Grosse Insel”, “Hohe Insel”, “Isle Haute et Montagne de Glace”, “Isola Grande”, “Isola Great”, “Stor-ce”, “Store Ö”, “Storo Island”, and “Storøen”
Storøya
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
80.09384° or 80° 5′ 38″ north
Longitude
28.06563° or 28° 3′ 56″ east
Open location code
CGGC33V8+G7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Storøya” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Storøya”
- Bavarian: “Storøya (Spitzbergen)”
- Catalan: “Storøya”
- Cebuano: “Storøya”
- Chinese: “斯托亞島”
- Chinese: “斯科格島”
- Czech: “Velký ostrov”
- Dutch: “Storoya”
- Dutch: “Storøya”
- Estonian: “Storoya”
- Estonian: “Storöya”
- Estonian: “Storøya”
- French: “Storøya”
- German: “Storøya (Spitzbergen)”
- German: “Storøya”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Storøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Storøya på Svalbard”
- Norwegian: “Storøya”
- Polish: “Wyspa Wielka”
- Pushto: “لوی ټاپو”
- Slovak: “Veľký ostrov”
- Swedish: “Storøya”
- Turkish: “Storøya”
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