Andrée Land (Svalbard)

Andrée Land is the land area between Wijdefjorden and Woodfjorden on Spitsbergen, Svalbard in Arctic Norway.[1] Limited in the south by a line from Woodfjorden through Vonbreen to Holtedahlfonna eastwards to the upper part of Abrahamsenbreen through Ruskbreen, Millarpasset, Lisbetbreen and Vestfjorddalen to Vestfjorden.

Andrée Land is a peninsula located at the northern side of Spitsbergen, between Wijdefjorden and Woodfjorden.

The area is named after Swedish engineer and polar explorer Salomon August Andrée.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Henriksen, Petter (ed.). "Andrée Land – halvøy på Svalbard". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  2. ^ "Andrée Land". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 11 October 2017.

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