Wijdefjorden

Wijdefjord is the longest fjord in 's archipelago. Wijdefjord is located in the northern portion of the island of , which lies in the Arctic Ocean about midway between and the , and is the largest island in the archipelago.
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  • Type: 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”, and “Zaliva Višde

Wijdefjorden

Latitude
79.54304° or 79° 32′ 35″ north
Longitude
15.56862° or 15° 34′ 7″ east
Open location code
CFFQGHV9+6C
Geo­Names ID
2727825
Wiki­data ID
Q1782839
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Swedish—“Wijdefjorden” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Վեիդֆյորդ
  • Azerbaijani: Veydefiord
  • Basque: Wijdefjorden
  • Catalan: Wijdefjorden
  • Cebuano: Wijdefjorden
  • Chinese: 韋德峽灣
  • Danish: Wijdefjorden
  • Dutch: Wijdefjord
  • Dutch: Wijdefjorden
  • French: Wijdefjorden
  • German: Wijdefjord
  • German: Wijdefjorden
  • Italian: Wijdefjorden
  • Japanese: ワイデフィヨルド
  • Latvian: Veidefjords
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Indre Wijdefjorden
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Wijdefjorden
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Wijdefjorden
  • Norwegian: Wijdefjorden
  • Polish: Wijdefjorden
  • Portuguese: Wijdefjorden
  • Russian: Вейде-фьорд
  • Russian: Вийдефьорд
  • Spanish: Wijdefjorden
  • Swedish: Wijdefjorden

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