Kapp Muyen
Kapp Muyen is a cape just 107 m west of Beerenberg, the stratovolcano which forms the northeastern end of the Norwegian island of Jan Mayen. The point is named after the Dutch whaling master Willem Cornelisz. van Muyden, who was among the first to catch whales at Jan Mayen.Kapp Muyen
- Type: Cape
- Categories: point and landform
- Location: Jan Mayen, Svalbard, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
71.0857° or 71° 5′ 9″ north
Longitude
-8.38506° or 8° 23′ 6″ west
Open location code
CC3H3JP7+7X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Norwegian Bokmål—“Kapp Muyen” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kapp Muyen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kapp Muyen”
- Norwegian: “Kapp Muyen”
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