Alpini Island[1][2][3] (Norwegian: Alpiniøya)[4] is an island in the Svalbard archipelago, north of Orvin Land in Nordaustlandet. It is located off the headland Bergströmodden, at the mouth of Finn Malmgren Fjord. The island is named after the Italian military corps Alpini, due to a visit to the island in 1928 by an expedition leader and captain of an Alpini regiment, Gennaro Sora.[4][5]
Native name: Alpiniøya | |
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  Alpini Island Location in Svalbard | |
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| Coordinates | 80°21′01″N 24°45′02″E / 80.35028°N 24.75056°E |
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Norway | |
References edit
- ^ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency: Geographical Names.
- ^ Simmons, George. 1965. Target: Arctic: Men in the Skies at the Top of the World. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, p. 175.
- ^ Sandford, Kenneth. S. 1955. The Geology of Isis Point, North-East Land (Spitsbergen). The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 110: 11–18, p. 14.
- ^ a b "Alpiniøya (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
- ^ Arctic Pilot: Sailing directions Svalbard–Jan Mayen. Vol. 7. Stavanger: The Norwegian Hydrographic Service and The Norwegian Polar Institute. 1988. pp. 332–333. ISBN 82-90653-06-9.
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