Hinlopen Strait
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Strait
A strait or straits is a narrow, typically navigable channel of water that connects two larger, navigable bodies of water. It most commonly refers to a channel of water that lies between two land masses, but it may also refer to a navigable channel through a body of water that is otherwise not...
between Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen is the largest and only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in Norway. Constituting the western-most bulk of the archipelago, it borders the Arctic Ocean, the Norwegian Sea and the Greenland Sea...
and Nordaustlandet
Nordaustlandet
Nordaustlandet is the second-largest island in the archipelago of Svalbard, Norway, with an area of . It lies north east of Spitsbergen, separated by Hinlopenstretet. Much of Nordaustlandet lies under large ice caps, mainly Austfonna and Vestfonna, the remaining parts of the north being tundra...
(North East Land) in Svalbard
Svalbard
Svalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic, constituting the northernmost part of Norway. It is located north of mainland Europe, midway between mainland Norway and the North Pole. The group of islands range from 74° to 81° north latitude , and from 10° to 35° east longitude. Spitsbergen is the...
. It is 150 km long and 10–60 km broad. The strait is difficult to pass because of pack ice. It is believed to have been named after Thijmen Jacobsz Hinlopen
Thijmen Jacobsz Hinlopen
Thijmen Jacobsz Hinlopen , was one of the leaders of the Dutch merchant and whaling company of Noordsche Compagnie since 1617 and participant in the New Netherland Company, interested in furs...
.
External links
- http://www.caplex.no/Web/ArticleView.aspx?id=9314679 (Norwegian)
- Hinlopenstretet's wildlife
- Hinlopenstretet's geology and landscape
- Hinlopenstretet's history
- Hinlopenstretet's vegetation
- http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tymen_Jacobsz._Hinlopen (Dutch)
- http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noordsche_Compagnie (Dutch)