Bear Island
Bear Island, Norwegian Bjørnøya, is an islet in the Arctic Ocean, between Northern Norway and Svalbard. The island has no permanent population, except some meteorology crew.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: southernmost island of the Norwegian Svalbard archipelago
- Also known as: “’t Viercandt Eyelandt”, “Bæren Eiland”, “Bæren Ø”, “Bähren Island”, “Bären Insel”, “Beare Island”, “Beeren Eylandt”, “Beernland”, “Beren Eylant”, “Bern Land”, “Berneiland”, “Bernt Eiland”, “Bernt Øyland”, “Beyren Eylandt”, “Bjerne”, “Bjorn Island”, “Bjørn-Øen”, “Bjornaya”, “Bjørne-Øen”, “Bjørnøi”, “Bjørnøya”, “Cherie-Iland”, “Cherry Island”, “Chirri Ilant”, “Isle des Oiseaux”, “Isle des Ours”, “Isola dell’ Orso”, “l’Isola de gli Orsi”, “Le Beren Eylandt”, “Medvežnago Ostrova”, “Nebel-Insel”, “Paese di Bern”, “T’ Veere Eylandt”, “Ursi Insula”, “Ursorum Insulam”, “Verre Eiland”, and “Ysle Tueere”
Bear Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Bjørnøya, Svalbard, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Bear Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة الدب”
- Armenian: “Արջի կղզի”
- Asturian: “Bjørnøya”
- Asturian: “Islla del Osu”
- Azerbaijani: “Ayı adası”
- Basque: “Bjørnøya”
- Basque: “Hartzen uhartea”
- Belarusian: “Мядзведжы востраў”
- Belarusian: “Мядзвежы востраў”
- Belarusian: “Мядзьведжы востраў”
- Breton: “Bjørnøya”
- Bulgarian: “Мечи остров”
- Bulgarian: “Мечи”
- Catalan: “Bjørnøya”
- Catalan: “Illa de l’Os”
- Cebuano: “Bjørnøya (pulo sa Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Svalbard, Bjørnøya)”
- Cebuano: “Bjørnøya”
- Chinese: “熊岛”
- Chinese: “熊島”
- Croatian: “Medvjeđi otok”
- Czech: “Bjørnøya”
- Czech: “Medvědí ostrov”
- Danish: “Bjørneøen”
- Danish: “Bjørnøya”
- Dutch: “Bereneiland”
- Dutch: “Bjornoya”
- Dutch: “Bjørnøya”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جزيره الدب”
- Esperanto: “Urso-insulo”
- Estonian: “Bjørnøya”
- Estonian: “Karusaar”
- Faroese: “Bjarnoyggin”
- Finnish: “Karhusaari”
- French: “Bjornoya”
- French: “Bjørnøya”
- French: “Ile aux Ours”
- French: “île aux Ours”
- French: “Île aux Ours”
- French: “Réserve naturelle de Bjørnøya”
- Galician: “Illa do Oso”
- German: “Bären-Insel”
- German: “Bäreninsel”
- German: “Bjornoya”
- German: “Bjørnøya”
- Greek: “Μπγιέρνεγια”
- Hebrew: “אי הדובים”
- Hebrew: “ביירנייה”
- Hungarian: “Bjørnøya”
- Icelandic: “Bjarnarey”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Beruang”
- Italian: “Bjornoya”
- Italian: “Bjørnøya”
- Italian: “isola degli Orsi”
- Italian: “Isola degli Orsi”
- Japanese: “ビュルネイ島”
- Japanese: “ベア島”
- Korean: “비에르뇌위아섬”
- Korean: “비오르뇌야 섬”
- Korean: “비오르뇌야”
- Korean: “비외르뇌야 섬”
- Korean: “비외르뇌야”
- Latvian: “Bjørnøya”
- Latvian: “Lāču sala”
- Limburgan: “Baereneilandj”
- Lithuanian: “Lokių sala”
- Luxembourgish: “Biereninsel”
- Manx: “Bjornoya”
- Manx: “Bjørnøya”
- Manx: “Ellan ny Maghouinyn”
- Northern Sami: “Bjørnøya”
- Northern Sami: “Guovžasuolu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bjørnøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Beeren Eiland”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bjørnøya”
- Norwegian: “Bjørnøya”
- Persian: “جزیره خرس”
- Polish: “Wyspa Niedźwiedzia”
- Portuguese: “Björnöya”
- Portuguese: “Bjørnøya”
- Portuguese: “Ilha do Urso”
- Portuguese: “Ilha dos Ursos”
- Pushto: “يږ ټاپو”
- Romanian: “Insula Bear”
- Romanian: “Insula Urșilor”
- Russian: “Медвежий (архипелаг Шпицберген)”
- Russian: “Медвежий”
- Serbian: “Медвеђе острво”
- Slovak: “Medvedí ostrov”
- Slovenian: “Bjørnøya”
- Slovenian: “Medvedji otok”
- Spanish: “Bjornoya”
- Spanish: “Bjornøya”
- Spanish: “Bjørnøya”
- Spanish: “Isla del Oso”
- Swahili: “Kisiwa cha Dubu”
- Swedish: “Beeren Eiland”
- Swedish: “Björnön”
- Swedish: “Bjornoya”
- Swedish: “Björnöya”
- Swedish: “Bjørnøya”
- Tatar: “Бьёрнёйа”
- Turkish: “Ayı Adası”
- Turkish: “Bear Adası”
- Turkish: “Bjørnøya”
- Ukrainian: “Ведмежий острів”
- Urdu: “بیورنویا”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Gấu”
- Welsh: “Bjørnøya”
- Welsh: “Ynys yr Eirth”
- Western Frisian: “Beare-eilân”
- Western Frisian: “Beareëilân”
- Western Frisian: “Beareneilân”
- Wu Chinese: “熊島”
- Yue Chinese: “熊島”
- “Bjørnøya”
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