- Kobbefjorden
Kobbefjorden (English: "Seal fjord") is a small fjord on the west coast of
Danskøya , on the northwestern coast ofSpitsbergen , the largest island of theSvalbard archipelago.History
Kobbefjorden is merely a translation of the Dutch term for the fjord, "Robbe Bay", which appeared on Dutch maps from Michiel Hsz. Middelhoven’s (1634) to that of Cornelis Giles and Outger Rep (c. 1710). The latter men added the alternative name "Danes Bay", which Cornelius Gisbert Zorgdrager (1720) and
William Scoresby (1820) copied. The fjord was first used by Danish whalers in about 1625. They established awhaling station here, which was probably used until mid-century.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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