Bölscheøya
Bölscheøya is an island southwest of Svarthuken, the southeastern point of Edgeøya, Norway. It is part of Thousand Islands. The island was named in 1868 by the German geographer August Petermann after the German journalist Carl Bölsche, father of the German writer and zoologist Wilhelm Bölsche.- Type: Island
- Description: island in Norway
- Also known as: “Boelscheoya” and “Bölsche Island”
Bölscheøya
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Svalbard, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
77.22215° or 77° 13′ 20″ northLongitude
22.00325° or 22° 0′ 12″ eastOpen location code
CG9462C3+V8OpenStreetMap ID
way 27318588OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
Discover Bölscheøya from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Bölscheøya” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Bölscheøya”
- Cebuano: “Bölscheøya”
- Dutch: “Bölscheøya”
- French: “Bölscheøya”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bölscheøya”
- Norwegian: “Bölscheøya”
- Russian: “Бёльшеойя”
- Russian: “Бёльшеэйа”
- Swedish: “Bölscheøya”
- Turkish: “Bölscheøya”
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