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Kvitøya
Kvitøya (English: "White Island") is an island in the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, with an area of . It is the easternmost part of the Kingdom of Norway. The closest Russian Arctic possession, Victoria Island, lies only to the east of Kvitøya.

Salomon August Andrée
Swedish engineer, balloon pioneer and explorer (1854–1897)
S. A. Andrée's Arctic Balloon Expedition of 1897
S. A. Andrée's Arctic Balloon Expedition of 1897
Knut Frænkel
Swedish engineer and arctic explorer (1870–1897)
Nils Strindberg
Swedish photographer (1872–1897)
Nordaust-Svalbard Nature Reserve
nature reserve
Kræmerpynten
Kræmerpynten is the most eastern point of Kvitøya, Svalbard. The point is also the most eastern point of Norway, 33° 30' 59'' E. The name Kræmerpynten originates from captain and Spitsbergen trapper Waldemar Hilbert Kræmer.