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Prins Karls Forland

Prins Karls Forland or Forlandet, occasionally anglicized as Prince Charles Foreland, is an island off the west coast of on in the Arctic archipelago of , .
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island of Svalbard
  • Also known as: “’t Lang Eylandt”, “’t Langh Eijlandt”, “Avant Terre”, “Black Pointe Ile”, “Black-Point Ile”, “Carls-öen”, “Das Voorland”, “Foreland”, “Forlandsøen”, “Het Voorlandt”, “Island Charles”, “Isle Caroli”, “Isle de Vorland”, “Isle de Worland”, “Isola de Kijn”, “Isola del Principe Carlo”, “King Charles Foreland”, “l’Isle de Prince Charles”, “Prince Charles Foreland”, “Prince Charles Foreland-Saari”, “Prince Charles his Iland”, “Prinds Karls Forland”, “Prinz Karl Foreland”, “Prinz-Carl-Vorgebirge”, “Promontoire du Prince Charles”, “Promontorio”, “Spitsbergen Voorland”, and “T’Voer Landt Carolus”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Forlandet National Park.

Photo: Perhols, CC BY 2.5.
is a national park in . The park is made up of Prince Karl's Forland and the sea around it and borders the and it borders the Nordvest-Spitsbergen National Park.

Prins Karls Forland

Latitude
78.55075° or 78° 33′ 3″ north
Longitude
11.30862° or 11° 18′ 31″ east
Elevation
100 metres (328 feet)
Open location code
CFCHH825+8C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 378684405
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2729238
Wiki­data ID
Q177392
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Satellite Map

Discover Prins Karls Forland from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Prins Karls Forland” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة الأمير كارلس فورلاند”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şahzadə Karl Torpağı”
  • Belarusian: “зямля Прынца Караля”
  • Catalan: “Prins Karls Forland”
  • Cebuano: “Prins Karls Forland”
  • Chinese: “卡爾王子島”
  • Danish: “Prins Karls Forland”
  • Dutch: “Prins Karls Forland”
  • Dutch: “Voorlandt” (historical)
  • Egyptian Arabic: “پرينس كارلس فورلاند”
  • Esperanto: “Prins Karls Forland”
  • Estonian: “Prints Karli maa”
  • Finnish: “Prinssi Kaarlen etumaa”
  • French: “Prins Karls Forland”
  • Galician: “Prins Karls Forland”
  • German: “Prinz-Karl-Vorland”
  • Greek: “Πρινς Καρλς Φόρλαντ”
  • Indonesian: “Prins Karls Forland”
  • Italian: “Prins Karls Forland”
  • Japanese: “プリンス・カール・フォーランド島”
  • Japanese: “プリンスチャールズ岬島”
  • Latvian: “Prinča Kārļa Zeme”
  • Lithuanian: “Princo Karolio Forlandas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Prins Karls Forland”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Prins Karls Forland”
  • Norwegian: “Prins Karls Forland”
  • Polish: “Ziemia Księcia Karola”
  • Portuguese: “Prins Karls Forland”
  • Russian: “Земля Принца Карла (архипелаг Шпицберген)”
  • Russian: “Земля Принца Карла”
  • Russian: “остров Принца Карла”
  • Russian: “Остров принца Карла”
  • Slovak: “Ostrov princa Karola”
  • Spanish: “Isla Principe Carlos Forland”
  • Spanish: “Isla Príncipe Carlos Forland”
  • Swedish: “Prins Karls Forland”
  • Turkish: “Prins Karls Forland”
  • Ukrainian: “острів Принца Карла”
  • Ukrainian: “Острів Принца Карла”
  • Vietnamese: “Prins Karls Forland”
  • Western Frisian: “Prins Karls Forlân”
  • Yue Chinese: “卡爾王子島”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Corbel Station and Ny-Ålesund.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Prins Karls Forland and Alfred Larsentoppen.

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