Amsterdamøen
Amsterdamøen Lokalt navn: Amsterdamøya | |
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Amsterdamøen findes i øverste venstre hjørne. | |
Geografi | |
Sted | Isfjorden |
Koordinater | 79°45′10″N 10°49′57″Ø / 79.75278°N 10.83250°ØKoordinater: 79°45′10″N 10°49′57″Ø / 79.75278°N 10.83250°Ø |
Øgruppe | Svalbard |
Areal | 18.8 km² |
Administration | |
Land | Norge |
Demografi | |
Folketal | 0 |
Amsterdamøen (Norsk: Amsterdamøya), er en ø som er en del af arkipelaget Svalbard. Den er placeret i Smeerenburgfjorden, ved Albert I Land på nord/vest kysten af Spitsbergen. Amsterdamøya dækker et samlet areal på 18.8 km2.
I den sydøstlige del af øen finder man resterne af hvalfangerbyen Smeerenburg.
Øen blev opdaget i 1596 af den hollandske søfarer Willem Barents.
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Forfatter/Opretter:
- Norway_counties.svg: Júlio Reis and João David Tereso
- Flag_of_Norway.svg: Dbenbenn
- derivative work: Arsenikk (talk)
The outline of Norway in the colors of the national flag.
Map detailing the marine features of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard archipelago. Settlements and mountains are indicated and labelled. See also Image:Spitsbergen mountains and marine features labelled.png. Locations were labelled mainly based on detailed maps from svalbard-images.com (sample of south Spitsbergen linked), cross-referenced with other map sources where possible. Norwegian Polar Institute figures were used for mountain names and heights, which are given in meters above sea level.