Store Brækmoholmen

Store Brækmoholmen

Store Brækmoholmen (English: "Great Brækmo Island") is the largest island in Brækmoholmane, part of Tusenøyane, an island group south of Edgeøya. The island is named after 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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