Hovgaard Islands
The Hovgaard Islands are a Canadian Arctic island group in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut Territory. They were named after Andreas Hovgaard, a Polar explorer and officer of the Danish Navy who led an expedition to the Kara Sea on steamship Dijmphna in 1882–83.- Island
- Description: island group in Nunavut, Canada
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Latitude
68.48432° or 68° 29′ 4″ north
Longitude
-95.73384° or 95° 44′ 2″ west
Open location code
96W6F7M8+PF
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Hovgaard Islands” goes by many names.
Hovgaard IslandsCebuano
Hovgaard IslandsDutch
Hovgaard IslandsSwedish
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