Wijdefjorden
Wijdefjord is the longest fjord in Norway's Svalbard archipelago. Wijdefjord is located in the northern portion of the island of Spitsbergen, which lies in the Arctic Ocean about midway between Norway and the North Pole, and is the largest island in the archipelago.- Fjord
- Description: fjord in Svalbard
- Also known as“Baie de Weitle”“Baye Large”“De Weyde Bay”“Der Weite Hafen”“Die Weite Bay”“Golfo Longo”“Hvide Bay”“Hvidebugt”“Ostwyck”“Sir Thomas Smyths Inlett”“Smiths Inlet”“Veidebugt”“Vide Bay”“Videbai”“Videfjorden”“Way-gat”“Weide Bay”“Weiten-Bay”“Weyde Bay”“White bay”“Widdie Fiord”“Widdy Bay”“Wide Bay”“Widje-Bay”“Wigde-Bay”“Wijde Bay”“Wijde Bugt”“Wijde Fjord”“Wyde Bay”“Wydie-Bay”“Zaliva Višde”
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Latitude
79.54304° or 79° 32′ 35″ north
Longitude
15.56862° or 15° 34′ 7″ east
Open location code
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Swedish—“Wijdefjorden” goes by many names.
ՎեիդֆյորդArmenian
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