Barentsøya
Sign in to saveBarentsøya, anglicized as Barents Island, is an Arctic island in the Svalbard archipelago of Norway, lying between Edgeøya and Spitsbergen. To the north, in the sound between Barentsøya and Spitsbergen, lies the island of Kükenthaløya. To the south, the sound separating Barents Island from Edgeøya is Freemansundet.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Barentsøya
- Islands.image_name
- Barentsøya.png
- Islands.location
- Arctic Ocean
- Islands.archipelago
- Svalbard
- Islands.area_km2
- 1288
- Islands.area_footnotes
- glaciated.
- Islands.coastline_km
- 205
- Islands.highest_mount
- Solveigdomen
- Islands.elevation_m
- 666
- Islands.country
- Norway
- Islands.population
- 0
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Barentsøya, anglicized as Barents Island, is an Arctic island in the Svalbard archipelago of Norway, lying between Edgeøya and Spitsbergen. To the north, in the sound between Barentsøya and Spitsbergen, lies the island of Kükenthaløya. To the south, the sound separating Barents Island from Edgeøya is Freemansundet.
Barentsøya has no permanent human inhabitants. It is part of the Søraust-Svalbard Nature Reserve and forms a habitat for several species, including polar bears and kittiwakes.