Kong Karls Land
Kong Karls Land or King Charles Land is an island group in the Svalbard archipelago, in the Arctic Ocean. The island group covers an area of 342 km2 and is made up of the islands of Kongsøya, Svenskøya, Abel Island, Helgoland Island, and Tirpitzøya.- Island
- Description: island group
- Also known as“Giles-Land”“Gruppo delle Wiches”“Iles du Roi-Charles”“Iles Wilhe”“King Charles Islands”“King Charles Land”“King Karl Islands”“Kong Karl Land”“König Karl Land”“König Karl’s Inseln”“Kung Karls Land”“Kunningas Kaarlen Maa”“le Isole Wiches”“Terra de Re Carlo”“Terre du Roi Charles”“Wyches Islands”“Zemlja Korolja Karla”
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Latitude
78.83333° or 78° 50′ north
Longitude
28° east
Open location code
CGCCR2M2+82
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = island
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Yue Chinese—“Kong Karls Land” goes by many names.
Կառլ թագավորի ԵրկիրArmenian
Kral Karl TorpağıAzerbaijani
Illes del Rei CarlesCatalan
Terra del Rei CarlesCatalan
Kong Karls LandCebuano
卡尔王地群岛Chinese
卡爾王地群島Chinese
země krále KarlaCzech
Kong Karls LandDanish
Kong Karls LandDutch
Koning KarellandDutch
Kong Karls LandEstonian
Kuningas Karli maaEstonian
Kuningas Kaarlen maaFinnish
ארץ המלך קרלHebrew
Kong Karls LandItalian
コングカルルス諸島Japanese
Karaļa Kārļa ZemeLatvian
Kong Karls landNorwegian
Kong Karls LandNorwegian Bokmål
Kong Karls LandNorwegian Nynorsk
Ziemia Króla KarolaPolish
د پاچا کارلز سيمهPushto
Земля Короля КарлаRussian
Zem kráľa KarolaSlovak
Kong Karls landSwedish
Kung Karls landSwedish
Kong Karls LandTurkish
Земля Короля КарлаUkrainian
卡爾王地群島Wu Chinese
卡爾王地群島Yue Chinese
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