Bockfjorden
Bockfjorden is a fjord in Haakon VII Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard, at the western side of Woodfjorden. Bockfjorden is named after Arctic explorer Franz-Karl von Bock. At the western side of the fjord is the inactive volcano Sverrefjellet.- Fjord
- Description: fjord in Svalbard
- Also known as“Bock Bucht”“Vaattebugta”
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- Location
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Latitude
79.48333° or 79° 29′ north
Longitude
13.3° or 13° 18′ east
Open location code
CFFMF8M2+82
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Bockfjorden” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bockfjorden”
- Danish: “Bockfjorden”
- Dutch: “Bockfjorden”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bockfjorden”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bockfjorden”
- Norwegian: “Bockfjorden”
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