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Edgeøya
Edgeøya (), anglicised as Edge Island, is a Norwegian island located in southeast of the Svalbard archipelago; with an area of , it is the third-largest island in this archipelago. An Arctic island, it forms part of the Søraust-Svalbard Nature Reserve, home to polar bears and reindeer. An ice field covers its eastern side. The island takes its name from Thomas Edge (died 1624), an English merchant and whaler. It is seldom visited today and development of tourist facilities is forbidden by law because of its nature reserve status.
Storfjorden
fjord in Svalbard
Freemansundet
sea strait in Svalbard

The Frigid Sea
1955 film by Yuri Yegorov
Olgastretet
Olgastretet (English: Olga Strait
Tjuvfjorden
Tjuvfjorden () is a 45 km long and up to 30 km wide fjord separating Edgeøya’s two southern promontories, Kvalpynten (Whale Point) and Svarthuken (old name: Negro Point).
Søraust-Svalbard Nature Reserve
protected area in Norway
Finnair Flight 915 missile explosion incident
explosion of a Soviet missile near a Finnair flight
Edgeøyjøkulen
Edgeøyjøkulen is an ice cap glacier on Edgeøya, part of the Svalbard archipelago, Norway. The glacier covers an area of about .