Virgohamna
Virgohamna is a small bay on the northern coast of Danes Island, an island off the northwestern coast of Spitsbergen. Spitsbergen and Danes Island are islands of the Svalbard archipelago.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: bay
- Also known as: “Baie de la Vierge”, “Baie Hourker”, “Havre de la Vierge”, “Houcker-Bahy”, “Huker-Bai”, “Jonkvrouwenbocht”, “Kalvehamna”, “Pike’s Bay”, “Virgo Bay”, “Virgo-Satama”, “virgohamna”, “Virgos Hamn”, “Wirgo Havn”, and “Zátoky Panny”
Virgohamna
- Categories: bay and tourism
- Location: Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
79.72364° or 79° 43′ 25″ northLongitude
10.91001° or 10° 54′ 36″ eastOpen location code
CFFGPWF6+F2OpenStreetMap ID
node 11987628169OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
2727892Wikidata ID
Q731263
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Venetian—“Virgohamna” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Virqohamna”
- Bulgarian: “Виргохамна”
- Catalan: “Virgohamna”
- Cebuano: “Virgohamna”
- Dutch: “Virgohamna”
- French: “Virgohamna”
- Latin: “Virgohamna”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Virgohamna”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Virgohamna”
- Norwegian: “Virgohamna”
- Polish: “Virgohamna”
- Russian: “Виргохамна”
- Swedish: “Virgohamna”
- Venetian: “Virgohamna”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ligholm and Fuglesteinen.
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