Magdalenefjord
| Magdalenefjord | ||
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 The Magdalenefjord |
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| Waters | Arctic Ocean | |
| Land mass | Spitsbergen | |
| Geographical location | 79 ° 33 '54 " N , 10 ° 52' 30" E | |
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| width | 5 km | |
| depth | 8 kilometers | |
 Map of the Albert-I-Land, |
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The Magdalenefjord ( Norwegian Magdalenefjorden ) is a fjord in Albert-I-Land in the extreme northwest of the island of Svalbard . Because of its scenic beauty and easy accessibility in the summer months, it is a popular destination for cruises and tourist expedition trips.
geography
The Magdalenefjord is eight kilometers long and up to five kilometers wide. It separates the Hoelhalvøya peninsulas in the south and Reuschhalvøya in the north. With the Donkenholmane he owns some small islands. Several glaciers flow into the Magdalenefjord. The largest is the seven kilometer long wagon waybreen with a high edge at the end of the fjord.
history
The Magdalenefjord was first reached on June 25, 1596 by Willem Barents . Barents went ashore here and formally took Svalbard for the Netherlands. He named the fjord Tandenbaai (German tooth bay ) after two found walrus teeth , but the current name can be found in various variations on maps from the early 17th century.
At the beginning of the 17th century, the English whaling station Trinity Harbor was located on the southern bank, near Gravneset (German also grave peninsula ), but it was abandoned in 1623. Remnants of four drinking kettles are still there today. The whalers also used the site as a cemetery from the early 17th to the late 18th centuries. With around 130 graves, Gravneset is one of the largest historical burial places in Svalbard .
In 1973 the Magdalenefjord became part of the Nordvest-Spitsbergen National Park .
tourism
The Magdalenefjord is visited by numerous cruise ships in the summer. The shores of the passengers have already caused significant damage to the sensitive vegetation on Gravneset. In 2006 over 16,000 tourists visited the fjord.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Magdalenefjorden . In: The Place Names of Svalbard (first edition 1942). Norsk Polarinstitutt , Oslo 2001, ISBN 82-90307-82-9 (English, Norwegian).
- ^ Waggonwaybreen . In: The Place Names of Svalbard (first edition 1942). Norsk Polarinstitutt , Oslo 2001, ISBN 82-90307-82-9 (English, Norwegian).
- ↑ Martin Conway : No Man's Land. A History of Spitsbergen from Its Discovery in 1596 to the Beginning of the Scientific Exploration of the Country . University Press, Cambridge 1906, p. 14
- ↑ Martin Conway: No Man's Land. A History of Spitsbergen from Its Discovery in 1596 to the Beginning of the Scientific Exploration of the Country . University Press, Cambridge 1906, p. 354
- ↑ Øystein Overrein, Jørn Henriksen, Bjørn Fossli Johansen, Kristin Prestvold: Gravneset in Magdalenefjorden (79 ° 30 ′ N 11 ° 00 ′ E) . Cruise Handbook of Svalbard, Norsk Polarinstitutt, accessed February 3, 2016.
- ↑ Anika Laubitz-Bertram: Tourism on Spitzbergen - socio-economic opportunities and ecological risks ( Memento of December 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 2.01 MB). Bachelor thesis, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Leibniz University Hannover , 2009.
