Svenskøya
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| Waters | Arctic Ocean | |
| Archipelago | King Karl Land | |
| Geographical location | 78 ° 43 ' N , 26 ° 38' E | |
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| length | 20 km | |
| surface | 137 km² | |
| Highest elevation | Dunerfjellet 260 m |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
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Svenskøya ( German "Swedish Island" ) is the second largest island in the König-Karl-Land archipelago in the eastern part of Svalbard . The Norwegian island is around 20 km long in north-south direction, its coast is almost 59 km long and its area is 137 km². A ridge extends in the south from Kükenthalfjellet to the north to Dunérfjellet , at a height of 260 m above sea level. It is separated from the neighboring island of Kongsøya by the approximately 25 km wide Rivalensundet . Like all the islands in King Karl Land, Svenskøya is part of the Northeast Svalbard Nature Reserve . Svenskøya has the densest population of polar bears in all of Svalbard. Most of the island is made up of beach debris.
In 1908, six trappers overwintered on Svenskøya once . Since they could not be picked up in the summer of 1909 due to adverse ice conditions, they had to pull a rowboat across the ice - leaving their catch behind - until they reached open water.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Svenskøya . In: The Place Names of Svalbard (first edition 1942). Norsk Polarinstitutt , Oslo 2001, ISBN 82-90307-82-9 (English, Norwegian).
- ↑ Svalbard Images: Kong Karls Land ( Memento of the original from March 2, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on August 23, 2010
- ^ Walter Brian Harland: Eastern Svalbard Platform in The geology of Svalbard , Geological Society of London 1998 (English), ISBN 1-897799-93-4
- ↑ Gustav Rossnes: Norsk Overvintringsfangst på Svalbard 1895–1940 (PDF; 7.7 MB), Norsk Polarinstitutt, Meddelelser No. 127, Oslo 1993, p. 188
