Gouwenaerbåen
Gouwenaerbåen is a 10 m shoal or reef southeast of Eggøya, on the southern coast of the island of Jan Mayen. It is named after the Dutch seafarer Jacob de Gouwenaer, who was master of the Orangienboom in 1614, when he had first come upon the island.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jan Mayen.
Jan Mayen
Photo: Tonreg15, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jan Mayen is an island between Greenland and Norway in the Arctic Ocean, administered by Norway. The island has 18 inhabitants, employed by the Norwegian Armed Forces or the Norwegian Institute of Meteorology.
Gouwenaerbåen
- Type: Rock
- Also known as: “Gouwernaerbaen” and “Gouwernaerbåen”
- Categories: geographical feature and landform
- Location: Jan Mayen, Svalbard, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Norwegian to Swedish—“Gouwenaerbåen” goes by many names.
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gouwenaerbåen”
- Norwegian: “Gouwenaerbåen”
- Swedish: “Gouwenaerbåen”
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