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Sørkappøya

Sørkappøya is an uninhabited 7 km long island of Greenland Sea at the southern tip of , the largest island of the archipelago. Five kilometers north of the island is , the southern cape of Spitsbergen's main island.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Norway
  • Also known as: “Ile du Grand Duc Constantin”, “Južnaija Ostrova”, “L’île du Cap Sud”, “Ostrov Velikago Knjaza Konstantina”, “Ronde Klip Insel”, “Sørkap Øya”, “Sorkappoya”, “South Cape Island”, “Storø”, “Storøen”, and “Sydkapøya”

Sørkappøya

Latitude
76.49436° or 76° 29′ 40″ north
Longitude
16.54799° or 16° 32′ 53″ east
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
CF8RFGVX+P5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 27318584
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2728602
Wiki­data ID
Q4338860
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Satellite Map

Discover Sørkappøya from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Turkish—“Sørkappøya” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Syorkappyoya adası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Syorppyoya adası”
  • Catalan: “Sørkappøya”
  • Cebuano: “Sørkappøya”
  • Danish: “Sørkappøya”
  • Dutch: “Sørkappøya”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sørkappøya”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sørkappøya”
  • Norwegian: “Sørkappøya”
  • Russian: “Остров Южного Мыса”
  • Russian: “Сёркаппёйа”
  • Turkish: “Sørkappøya”

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