Storøya

Storøya is an island in the archipelago. It is located east of , separated from Nordaustlandet by the strait of . The southern part of the island is covered by the glacier Storøyjøkulen.
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  • 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

Latitude
80.09384° or 80° 5′ 38″ north
Longitude
28.06563° or 28° 3′ 56″ east
Open location code
CGGC33V8+G7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 27318626
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
607078
Wiki­data ID
Q1771560
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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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