Svarthuken
Svarthuken is a headland at Edgeøya, Svalbard. It is the southernmost point of Edgeøya, and has a length of about two kilometers. The rock consists of dark shales, and reaches 326 m.a.s.l.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Point
- Description: headland at Edgeøya, Svalbard
- Also known as: “Black Point”, “Blackpynten”, “De Swarten Hoeck”, “Dictus Punt”, “Neger Point”, “Negerpynten”, “Plat Point”, “Platpynten”, “Swarte Hoec”, “Swarte Hoeck”, and “Swarthoeck”
Svarthuken
- Category: landform
- Location: Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Svarthuken” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Негерпйнтен”
- Cebuano: “Negerpynten”
- Dutch: “Negerpynten”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Negerpynten”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Svarthuken”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Negerpynten”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Svarthuken”
- Norwegian: “Svarthuken”
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