Trønderen

Trønderen

Trønderen (English: "the person from Trøndelag") is an islet in Brækmoholmane, part of Tusenøyane, an island group south of Edgeøya. The island is named after Trøndelag, Norway, the birth place of Sivert Brækmo (1853-1930), a Norwegian sailor and fishermen who regularly visited Svalbard between 1876 and 1895.

References

* Norwegian Polar Institute [http://miljo.npolar.no/placenames/pages/searchE.asp Place Names of Svalbard Database]


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