Gåshamna
Gåshamna is a bay at the southern side of Hornsund, Sørkapp Land, on Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The bay has a width of about 2 km, and is included within the Sør-Spitsbergen National Park.
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in Svalbard, Norway
- Also known as: “Baie Goës”, “Boules bay”, “Gänse Hafen”, “Gashamna”, “Goës Bay”, “Goes Hafen”, “Goes’ hamn”, “Goose Haven”, “Hoes Bucht”, and “Russebukten”
Gåshamna
- Categories: bight and body of water
- Location: Svalbard, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
76.9437° or 76° 56′ 37″ north
Longitude
15.87962° or 15° 52′ 47″ east
Open location code
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Gåshamna” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Gåshamna”
- Cebuano: “Gåshamna”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gåshamna”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Grødahlhuset”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Konstantinovka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Russebukta”
- Norwegian: “Gåshamna”
- Venetian: “Gåshamna”
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