Foynøya
Sign in to saveFoynøya is an island off the coast of Nordaustlandet, Svalbard. Sources give the size as about or about . The island is named after whaling pioneer Svend Foyn. Previous names include Walrus Eyland, ''Föyen's Island and Foyn Island''.
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- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Svalbard
- Named after
- Svend Foyn
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Svalbard
- Population
- 0
- Area
- 1.5
- Elevation
- 40
- Body of water
- Barents Sea
- Length
- 2.5
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- time of discovery or invention
- 1882-01-01
- discoverer or inventor
- Benjamin Leigh Smith
- located in/on physical feature
- Svalbard
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Foynøya is an island off the coast of Nordaustlandet, Svalbard. Sources give the size as about or about . The island is named after whaling pioneer Svend Foyn. Previous names include Walrus Eyland, ''Föyen's Island and Foyn Island''.
The island is part of the Nordaust-Svalbard Nature Reserve.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Foynøya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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