Kükenthaløya
Kükenthaløya is an island between Barentsøya and Olav V Land, Svalbard. It is located south of the strait Heleysundet and north of Ormholet, at the inner part of Ginevra Bay. The island is named after German zoologist and Arctic explorer Willy Kükenthal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Hermanhi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island
- Also known as: “Ils Alexéew”, “Kuekenthaloya”, “Kükenthal-Insel”, and “Kükenthalvøya”
Kükenthaløya
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Svalbard, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
78.64959° or 78° 38′ 59″ northLongitude
21.22662° or 21° 13′ 36″ eastElevation
8 metres (26 feet)Open location code
CGC3J6XG+RJOpenStreetMap ID
node 302091750OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
Discover Kükenthaløya from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Kükenthaløya” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Kükenthaløya”
- Cebuano: “Kükenthaløya”
- Dutch: “Kükenthaløya”
- French: “Kükenthaløya”
- Galician: “Kükenthaløya”
- German: “Kükenthalinsel”
- German: “Kükenthaløya”
- Italian: “Kükenthaløya”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kükenthaløya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kükenthaløya”
- Norwegian: “Kükenthaløya”
- Spanish: “Kükenthaløya”
- Turkish: “Kükenthaløya”
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