Wilhelmøya
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Wilhelmøya is an island in Svalbard
. It is situated North East of Olav V Land
on Spitsbergen
, in the Hinlopen Strait
. Its area is 120 km².
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 situated North East of Olav V Land
Olav V Land
Olav V Land is the largest glacier of Spitsbergen Island, Svalbard. It covers about 4150 km².The only larger ice cap in the Svalbard Archipelago is Austfonna in Nordaustlandet with 8492 km².-References:* http://www.ssb.no/aarbok/kart/i.html...
on 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...
, in the Hinlopen Strait
Hinlopen Strait
Hinlopen Strait is the strait between Spitsbergen and Nordaustlandet in Svalbard. It is 150 km long and 10–60 km broad. The strait is difficult to pass because of pack ice...
. Its area is 120 km².
See also
- List of islands of Norway