Mowinckelkysten
Mowinckelkysten is a coastal area at the southeastern side of the island of Bouvetøya. It is named after Johan Ludwig Mowinckel, the Norwegian Prime Minister at the time when Norwegian sovereignty over the island was established.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Coast
- Description: beach on Bouvet Island
- Also known as: “Mowinckel Coast”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cape Valdivia and Cape Circoncision.
Cape Valdivia
Locality
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Cape Valdivia is the northernmost point on Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic Ocean. The subantarctic Bouvet Island is administered by Norway. Cape Valdivia lies in the centre of the island's highest point. Cape Valdivia is situated 7 km northwest of Mowinckelkysten.
Cape Circoncision
Locality
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Cape Circoncision is a peninsula on the north-western edge of subantarctic Bouvet Island. The small peninsula was sighted by the French naval exploration that was led by Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier on 1 January 1739, the Feast of the Circumcision day—thus the name. Cape Circoncision is situated 10 km northwest of Mowinckelkysten.
Mowinckelkysten
- Category: landform
- Location: Bouvet Island
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Mowinckelkysten” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mowinckel Coast”
- Cebuano: “Mowinckelkysten”
- German: “Mowinckel-Küste”
- German: “Mowinckelkysten”
- Japanese: “モビンケル海岸”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mowinckelkysten”
- Norwegian: “Mowinckelkysten”
- Swedish: “Mowinckel Coast”
- Swedish: “Mowinckelkysten”
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