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.
  • 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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  • Location
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Latitude
79.54304° or 79° 32′ 35″ north
Longitude
15.56862° or 15° 34′ 7″ east
Open location code
CFFQGHV9+6C
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Swedish—“Wijdefjorden” goes by many names.
ՎեիդֆյորդArmenian
VeydefiordAzerbaijani
WijdefjordenBasque
WijdefjordenCatalan
WijdefjordenCebuano
韋德峽灣Chinese
WijdefjordenDanish
WijdefjordDutch
WijdefjordenDutch
WijdefjordenItalian
ワイデフィヨルドJapanese
VeidefjordsLatvian
WijdefjordenNorwegian
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WijdefjordenNorwegian Bokmål
WijdefjordenNorwegian Nynorsk
WijdefjordenPolish
Вейде-фьордRussian
ВийдефьордRussian
WijdefjordenSwedish

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Svalbard: Highlights

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