Hinlopen Strait, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 14 relations: Bastian Islands, Bråsvellbreen, Drift ice, Mosselhalvøya, Nordaustlandet, Nordporten, Norway, Norwegian Polar Institute, Sørporten, Spitsbergen, Storsteinhalvøya, Strait, Svalbard, Thijmen Jacobsz Hinlopen.

2. Straits of Svalbard

Bastian Islands

The Bastian Islands (Bastianøyane) are a group of islands in Hinlopen Strait, Svalbard. Hinlopen Strait and Bastian Islands are Svalbard geography stubs.

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Bråsvellbreen

Bråsvellbreen (The Sudden Swell Glacier) is a glacier in Nordaustlandet, Svalbard.

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Drift ice

Drift ice, also called brash ice, is sea ice that is not attached to the shoreline or any other fixed object (shoals, grounded icebergs, etc.).Leppäranta, M. 2011.

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Mosselhalvøya

Mosselhalvøya is a peninsula in Ny-Friesland at Spitsbergen, Svalbard.

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Nordaustlandet

Nordaustlandet (Anglicised as North East Land) is the second-largest island in the archipelago of Svalbard, Norway, with an area of.

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Nordporten

Nordporten (North Gate) is the northern part of Hinlopen Strait, Svalbard. Hinlopen Strait and Nordporten are straits of Svalbard and Svalbard geography stubs.

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Norway

Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.

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Norwegian Polar Institute

The Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI; Norsk Polarinstitutt) is Norway's central governmental institution for scientific research, mapping and environmental monitoring in the Arctic and the Antarctic.

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Sørporten

Sørporten (Southern Gate) is the southern part of Hinlopen Strait, Svalbard. Hinlopen Strait and Sørporten are straits of Svalbard and Svalbard geography stubs.

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Spitsbergen

Spitsbergen (formerly known as West Spitsbergen; Norwegian: Vest Spitsbergen or Vestspitsbergen, also sometimes spelled Spitzbergen) is the largest and the only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway.

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Storsteinhalvøya

Storsteinhalvøya is a peninsula at the northwestern side of Nordaustlandet, Svalbard.

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Strait

A strait is a landform connecting two seas or two water basins.

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Svalbard

Svalbard, previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.

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Thijmen Jacobsz Hinlopen

Thijmen Jacobsz Hinlopen (also Tymen; Thymen; Hinloopen; 1572–1637), was one of the leaders of the Dutch merchant and whaling company of Noordsche Compagnie beginning in 1617 and participant in the New Netherland Company, interested in furs.

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See also

Straits of Svalbard

• Akselsundet
• Bjørnsundet
• Danskegattet
• Erik Eriksenstretet
• Forlandsundet
• Franklinsundet
• Freeman Strait
• Gilessundet
• Halvmånesundet
• Hinlopen Strait
• Lydiannasundet
• Mariasundet
• Nordkappsundet
• Nordporten
• Olgastretet
• Ormholet
• Poortsundet
• Rivalensundet
• Sørgattet
• Sørporten
• Storøysundet
• Straumporten

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinlopen_Strait

Also known as Hinlopenstrait, Hinlopenstredet, Hinlopenstretet.