Haakon VII Land
Haakon VII Land is a land area in the northwestern part of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, between Woodfjorden and Kongsfjorden. The area was named after the then King of Norway, Haakon VII, by Gunnar Isachsen, who mapped the area in the first decade of the 20th century.Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Region
- Description: land area at the northwestern part of Spitsbergen, Svalbard
- Also known as: “Terre Haakon VII”
Haakon VII Land
- Categories: area and locality
- Location: Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
79.26109° or 79° 15′ 40″ northLongitude
12.8598° or 12° 51′ 35″ eastElevation
675 metres (2,215 feet)Open location code
CFFJ7V65+CWOpenStreetMap ID
node 14032056778OpenStreetMap feature
place=region
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Russian—“Haakon VII Land” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Haakon VII Land”
- Azerbaijani: “VII Hokon Torpağı”
- Dutch: “Haakon VII Land”
- Dutch: “Haakon VII-land”
- French: “Terre de Haakon VII”
- German: “Haakon VII Land”
- German: “Haakon-VII-Land”
- Japanese: “ホーコン7世ランド”
- Latvian: “Hokona VII Zeme”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Haakon VII Land”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Haakon VII land”
- Norwegian: “Haakon den Syvende Land”
- Norwegian: “Haakon VII Land”
- Persian: “سرزمین هاکون هفتم”
- Russian: “Земля Хокона VII”
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