Spitsbergen

Proper noun

Meaning

(dated) Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago located to the east of Greenland.

The largest island of this archipelago.

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Examples

After turning east, they sighted "Newland" (i.e Spitsbergen ) on the 27th, near the mouth of the great bay Hudson later simply named the "Great Indraught" ( Isfjorden ). Source: Internet

Barentsz did not recognize that he had discovered an archipelago, and consequently the name Spitsbergen long remained in use both for the main island and for the archipelago as a whole. Source: Internet

During summer, it is possible to ski from Sørkapp in the south to the north of Spitsbergen, with only a short distance not being covered by snow or glacier. Source: Internet

Hudson's Christian name is wrongly given, and the year in which he visited the north coast of Spitsbergen was 1607, not 1608. Source: Internet

It would then drift west with the current towards the pole and beyond it, eventually reaching the sea between Greenland and Spitsbergen. Source: Internet

Old cross on the grave of seven Dutchmen, reading "Here rest brave Dutch men" In 1632 the Noordsche Compagnie expelled the Danish-employed Basque whalers from Spitsbergen. Source: Internet

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