Waldenøya

Waldenøya is a small, rocky island just north of Nordkapp, Nordaustlandet. It is part of Sjuøyane.

The island is named after John Walden, who was a midshipman aboard the Hon. Constantine John Phipps' H.M.S. "Racehorse" in 1773. Walden, along with two pilots, visited the island on August 5 of the same year.

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]