Halvmåneøya

Halvmåneøya

Halvmåneøya (English: "Half Moon Island") is a small island off the southeastern coast of Edgeøya.

The island was labelled as "Abbots I". by the Muscovy Company’s map (1625), and "St. Jacob" by Willem Jansz. Blaeu (1662). Hendrick Doncker (1663) was the first to mark it "Halvmaens eyl.". This last name has been retained to the present.

References

*Conway, W. M. 1906. No Man’s Land: A History of Spitsbergen from Its Discovery in 1596 to the Beginning of the Scientific Exploration of the Country. Cambridge: At the University Press.
* Norwegian Polar Institute [http://miljo.npolar.no/placenames/pages/searchE.asp Place Names of Svalbard Database]


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