Blomstrandhalvøya
Blomstrandøya, also known as Blomstrandhalvøya, is an island at the western side of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is located in Kongsfjorden, near the northern side of the fjord, and has a roughly circular shape with a cross section of about 5 km.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Norway
- Also known as: “Blomstrand’s Mound”, “Blomstrandhalvoya”, “Blomstrands Halvø”, and “Marble Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Blomstrandhamna Bird Sanctuary.
Blomstrandhamna Bird Sanctuary
Nature reserve
Blomstrandhamna Bird Sanctuary is a bird reserve at Svalbard, Norway, established in 1973. It includes the skerry in Blomstrandhamna in Haakon VII Land. The protected area covers a total of 580,000 square metres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ny-Ålesund and Corbel Station.
Ny-Ålesund
Photo: Superchilum, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ny-Ålesund is a settlement in Oscar II Land in the west of the island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard. It is situated on the Brøgger peninsula and on the shore of the bay of Kongsfjorden.
Corbel Station
Hamlet
Photo: Superchilum, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The AWIPEV Arctic Research Station is located in the arctic, on the Svalbard archipelago of Norway. The station is part of the research base of Ny-Ålesund, owned and managed by Kings Bay AS. Corbel Station is situated 9 km south of Blomstrandhalvøya.
Blomstrandhalvøya
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
78.9802° or 78° 58′ 49″ northLongitude
12.09972° or 12° 5′ 59″ eastElevation
240 metres (787 feet)Open location code
CFCJX3JX+3VOpenStreetMap ID
way 617651925OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
2731827Wikidata ID
Q3641017
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Blomstrandhalvøya” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Blomstrandhalvøya”
- Dutch: “Blomstrandhalvøya”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بلومستراندهالڤويا”
- French: “Blomstrandhalvøya”
- French: “Presqu’ile Blomstrand”
- German: “Blomstrandhalvøya”
- German: “Blumenstrandhalbinsel”
- Italian: “Blomstrandhalvøya”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Blomstrandøya”
- Norwegian: “Blomstrandhalvøya”
- Norwegian: “Blomstrandøya”
- Swedish: “Blomstrandshalvön”
- Turkish: “Blomstrandhalvøya”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ny-London.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Irgensfjellet and Elefantsteinen.
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