Isfjorden

Isfjorden is the second longest fjord in the archipelago of . It lies on the west side of , an island in the Arctic Ocean about midway between and the , and the largest in the archipelago.
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  • Bay
  • Description: fjord in Svalbard
  • Also known as
    “Baye Glacée”
    “Eis Bay”
    “Eis Fjord”
    “Golfe des Glaces”
    “Golfo di Giaccio”
    “Green Harbour”
    “Grenharbor”
    “Groen Haven”
    “Groote Haven”
    “Grooten Inwyck”
    “Ice Fjord”
    “Ice Sound”
    “Iis Fjord”
    “Is Fjord”
    “Is Sond”
    “Jäävuono”
    “la Baie des Glaces”
    “Lee Sound”
    “Samoilovič”
    “Smearingbourg Harbour”
    “Tee Sound”
    “The Great Indraught”
    “Ys Sond”
    “Ys Zond Baay”
    “Ysse Sound”
    “Zaliv Ljdov”
  • Categories
    fjord
    body of water
  • Location
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Latitude
78.27579° or 78° 16′ 33″ north
Longitude
14.69479° or 14° 41′ 41″ east
Open location code
CFCP7MGV+8W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 654896040
Open­Street­Map feature
natural = bay
Geo­Names ID
2730514
Wiki­data ID
Q1627557

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Swedish—“Isfjorden” goes by many names.
IsfjordenAsturian
İsfiordAzerbaijani
IsfjordenBasque
Isfjorden (Svalbard)Basque
IsfjordenCatalan
IsfjordenCebuano
Isfjorden (fyord)Cebuano
冰峡湾Chinese
IsfjordenDanish
IsfjordDutch
IsfjordenDutch
GlacifjordoEsperanto
IsfjordenFrench
EisfjordGerman
IsfjordGerman
IsfjordenGerman
IsfjordenItalian
イースフィヨルドJapanese
이스 피오르Korean
ĪsfjordsLatvian
IsfjordenNorwegian
IsfjordenNorwegian Bokmål
Isfjorden på SvalbardNorwegian Bokmål
Nordre IsfjordenNorwegian Bokmål
Isfjorden på SvalbardNorwegian Nynorsk
ایسفیوردنPersian
ایسفیوردن (سوالبار)Persian
IsfjordenPolish
Ис-фьордRussian
IsfjordenSpanish
IsfjordenSwedish
Isfjorden, SvalbardSwedish

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