- Nordenskiöld Land
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Nordenskiöld Land is the land area between Isfjorden and Van Mijenfjorden on Spitsbergen, Svalbard.[1]
The area is named after Swedish explorer and geologist Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld.[2]
References
- ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed. "Nordenskiöld Land" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Nordenskiöld_Land. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ "Nordenskiöld Land". Norwegian Polar Institute. http://miljo.npolar.no/placenames/pages/detailn.asp?placeNameID=210446E. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
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