Ryke Yseøyane
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Ryke Yseøyane is a group of several small islands off the east coast of Edgeøya
. The islands are named after the Dutch whaler Ryke Yse of Vlieland
, who discovered them about 1640-45. The group was first marked by Hendrick Doncker, of Amsterdam, in 1663.
Edgeøya
Edgeøya, occasionally anglicised as Edge Island, is an uninhabited Norwegian island in southeast of the Svalbard archipelago; it is the third largest island in this archipelago. An Arctic island, it forms part of the South East Svalbard Nature Reserve, home to polar bears and reindeer. Its eastern...
. The islands are named after the Dutch whaler Ryke Yse of Vlieland
Vlieland
Vlieland is a municipality in the northern Netherlands. The municipality of Vlieland has only one major town: Oost-Vlieland . It is the second-least densely populated municipality in the Netherlands ....
, who discovered them about 1640-45. The group was first marked by Hendrick Doncker, of Amsterdam, in 1663.