Barents Island

Barents Island

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name = Barentsøya/Barents Island


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location = Arctic Ocean
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archipelago = Svalbard
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area = 1,288 km², 558 km² glaciated.
perimeter = 205 km
highest mount = Schweinfurthberget
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country = Norway
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Barents Island ( _no. Barentsøya) is one of the smaller islands in the Svalbard archipelago, lying between Edge Island (Edgeøya) and Spitsbergen. It has no permanent inhabitants. Named for the Dutch explorer Willem Barents, it is a part of Norway.

An Arctic island, around half its area of 1288 km² is glaciated. To the north, in the sound between Barentsøya and Spitsbergen, lies the island of Kükenthaløya. To the south, the sound separating Barents Island from Edgeøya is Freemansundet.

ee also

* List of islands of Norway

External links

* [http://www.svalbard-images.com/spitsbergen/barentsoya-e.php Barentsøya] on Svalbard Images. (URL accessed 24 July, 2006)


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