Norway
Svalbard
Spitsbergen

Abel Island

Abel Island is an island in . It is the third-largest island of Kong Karls Land with an area of 13 km2. It is named after the Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel. Abel Island is separated from by the strait .
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island of Svalbard
  • Also known as: “Abeløya” and “Abels Ø”

Abel Island

Latitude
78.99219° or 78° 59′ 32″ north
Longitude
30.24279° or 30° 14′ 34″ east
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
CGCGX6RV+V4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 27318612
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
607489
Wiki­data ID
Q318786
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Satellite Map

Discover Abel Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Turkish—“Abel Island” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Աբելյոյա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Abelyoya adası”
  • Catalan: “Abeløya”
  • Cebuano: “Abeløya”
  • Chinese: “阿貝爾島”
  • Chinese: “阿贝尔岛”
  • Dutch: “Abeloya”
  • Dutch: “Abeløya”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ابيلويا”
  • Estonian: “Abeloy”
  • Estonian: “Abelöy”
  • Estonian: “Abeløy”
  • Estonian: “Abeloya”
  • Estonian: “Abelöya”
  • Estonian: “Abeløya”
  • French: “Abeløya”
  • German: “Abeloya”
  • German: “Abeløya”
  • Italian: “Abeløya”
  • Japanese: “アベル島”
  • Japanese: “アベロヤ”
  • Japanese: “アベロヤ島”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Abeløya”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Abeløya”
  • Norwegian: “Abeløya”
  • Polish: “Abeløya”
  • Pushto: “ابيل ټاپو”
  • Russian: “Абелёйа”
  • Russian: “остров Абелёйа”
  • Russian: “остров Абеля”
  • Spanish: “Abeløya”
  • Swedish: “Abelön”
  • Swedish: “Abeløya”
  • Turkish: “Abeløya”

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