Vestfjorden
Vestfjorden is the inner, western branch of Wijdefjorden, between Andrée Land and the northern part of Dickson Land in Spitsbergen, Svalbard in Arctic Norway.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Fjord
- Description: fjord in Svalbard
- Also known as: “West Fjord” and “West Fjorden”
Vestfjorden
- Categories: fjord and body of water
- Location: Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Vestfjorden” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Vestfjorden (fyord sa Svalbard and Jan Mayen)”
- Cebuano: “Vestfjorden”
- Danish: “Vestfjorden”
- Dutch: “Vestfjord”
- Dutch: “Vestfjorden”
- French: “Vestfjorden”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vestfjorden”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vestfjorden på Spitsbergen”
- Norwegian: “Vestfjorden”
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