Martensøya
Martensøya is the easternmost island of Sjuøyane, which lies north of Nordaustlandet, part of the Svalbard archipelago in Arctic Norway. The island is named after the German physician Friderich Martens, who visited Spitsbergen in 1671.- Type: Island
- Description: island in Norway
- Also known as: “Marten Island”, “Martens Ö”, “Martensoya”, “Martins Island”, and “Mortens Ö”
Martensøya
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
80.6775° or 80° 40′ 39″ north
Longitude
21.20863° or 21° 12′ 31″ east
Elevation
68 metres (223 feet)
Open location code
CGG3M6H5+2F
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Martensøya from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Turkish—“Martensøya” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Martens adası”
- Cebuano: “Martensøya”
- Estonian: “Martensøya”
- French: “Martensøya”
- Japanese: “マルテンス島”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Martensøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Martensøya”
- Norwegian: “Martensøya”
- Russian: “Остров Мартенса”
- Swedish: “Martensøya”
- Turkish: “Martensøya”
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