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.- Fjord
- Description: fjord in Svalbard
- Also known as“West Fjord”“West Fjorden”
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Latitude
79.1528° or 79° 9′ 10″ north
Longitude
15.70613° or 15° 42′ 22″ east
Open location code
CFFQ5P34+4F
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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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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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