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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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″ northLongitude
-8.38506° or 8° 23′ 6″ westOpen location code
CC3H3JP7+7XOpenStreetMap ID
node 8236985031OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
3041925Wikidata ID
Q6366964
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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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