Moffen
Moffen is a small, low island north of the mouth of Wijdefjorden, on the northern coast of Spitsbergen, the largest island of the Svalbard archipelago.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: small island off the northern coast of Spitsbergen
- Also known as: “’t Moffen Eyland”, “Ile Moffen”, “Iles des Verdiers”, “Maffen Ø”, “Mappen Ø”, “Moffen Eylandt”, “Moffen Saari”, “Moffin Island”, “Muffen Eyland”, “Muffen-saari”, “Muffin’s Island”, “Mufs Island”, and “Walrus Eylandt”
Moffen
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Svalbard, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
80.02261° or 80° 1′ 21″ northLongitude
14.51059° or 14° 30′ 38″ eastElevation
53 metres (174 feet)Open location code
CFGP2GF6+26OpenStreetMap ID
way 27318610OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
2729670Wikidata ID
Q1515151
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Western Frisian—“Moffen” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Moffen adası”
- Bulgarian: “Мофен”
- Catalan: “Moffen”
- Cebuano: “Moffen”
- Dutch: “Moffen”
- Estonian: “Moffen”
- French: “Moffen”
- German: “Moffen”
- Italian: “Moffen”
- Japanese: “モッフン島”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Moffen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Moffen”
- Norwegian: “Moffen”
- Russian: “Моффен”
- Spanish: “Moffen”
- Swedish: “Moffen”
- Turkish: “Moffen”
- Western Frisian: “Moffen”
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