Bellsund
Bellsund is a 20-kilometer long sound on the west coast of Spitsbergen, part of the Svalbard archipelago of Norway. It is separated from Van Mijenfjorden by the islands of Akseløya and Mariaholmen.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Fjord
- Description: sound on the west coast of Spitsbergen
- Also known as: “Baye de la Cloche”, “Bel Sound”, “Bell Sound”, “Bellsund Nordfjord”, “Belsondt”, “Belsund”, “Clock Bay”, “Clok Baye”, “De Inham Bell”, “Glocken Sund”, “Horne Sont”, “Inwyck”, “Kellosalmi”, “Klanbay”, “Klanbayskaja Guba”, “Klok Bay”, “Klok Sound”, “Klokke Sund”, “Klokkefjorden”, “Klombai”, “Kolokoljnyi Zaliv”, “la Baye des Franchoys”, and “Willem van Muyens Bay”
Bellsund
- Categories: fjord, strait, and body of water
- Location: Svalbard, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Bellsund” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Bellsund”
- Belarusian: “Бэльсун”
- Bulgarian: “Белсунд”
- Cebuano: “Bellsund”
- Danish: “Bellsund”
- Dutch: “Bellsund”
- Finnish: “Bellsund”
- French: “Bellsund”
- German: “Bellsund”
- Italian: “Bellsund”
- Latvian: “Bellsunns”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bellsund”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bellsund”
- Norwegian: “Bellsund”
- Russian: “Белльсунн”
- Russian: “Бельсунн”
- Swedish: “Bellsund”
- Ukrainian: “Бельсун”
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