Storfjorden

Storfjorden is the body of water in the in northern separating in the west from and to the east.
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  • Type: Bay
  • Description: fjord in Svalbard
  • Also known as: “Big Bay”, “Bolšoj Zaliv”, “Der Grosse Fjord”, “Destroit de Jean Suatre”, “Fiordo di Stor”, “Golfe de Jean Hyre”, “Golphe de Jean Wybe”, “Greatfiord”, “Jans Water”, “Johann Wybes Busen”, “Kitowaja-Guba”, “Mer de Wybe Jans”, “Slykige Inham”, “Stoor Fiord”, “Stor Fiord”, “Titowa-Guba”, “Vibelandsvater”, “Wallfish-Bai”, “Wibe Tians Bay”, “Wibelands Water”, “Wide Jaws Water”, “Wijbe Jansz Water”, “Wijbes Gat”, “Wybe Jans Water”, “Wybe Jansz Water”, “Wybe Water”, “Wybes Gat”, “Wyde Jansz Water”, and “Yan Wychens Meer Busen”

Storfjorden

Latitude
78.03471° or 78° 2′ 5″ north
Longitude
19.86708° or 19° 52′ 2″ east
Open location code
CFCX2VM8+VR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 655150827
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
607079
Wiki­data ID
Q2097444
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Storfjorden” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مضيق ستورفيوردين البحري”
  • Asturian: “Storfjorden”
  • Azerbaijani: “Stur-ford boğazı”
  • Basque: “Storfjorden (Svalbard)”
  • Basque: “Storfjorden”
  • Catalan: “Storfjorden”
  • Cebuano: “Storfjorden”
  • Danish: “Storfjorden på Svalbard”
  • Danish: “Storfjorden”
  • Dutch: “Storfjorden”
  • Estonian: “Storfjorden”
  • French: “Storfjorden”
  • German: “Storfjord”
  • German: “Storfjorden”
  • Japanese: “ストールフィヨルド”
  • Japanese: “ストルフィヨルデン”
  • Latvian: “Stūrfjords”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Storfjorden”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Storfjorden på Svalbard”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Storfjorden”
  • Norwegian: “Storfjorden”
  • Portuguese: “Fiorde Grande”
  • Russian: “Сторфьорд”
  • Russian: “Стур-фьорд”
  • Russian: “Стурфьорд”
  • Spanish: “Fiordo de Stor”
  • Vietnamese: “Storfjorden”
  • Vietnamese: “vịnh Storfjorden”

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