Kongsøya
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Kongsøya is an island in Svalbard, Norway. It is the largest of the islands in King Charles Land (Kong Karls Land). Its area is . The other main island in the chain is Svenskøya.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Kongsøya
- Islands.image_name
- Kongsøya 2021-08-09 Sentinel-2 L2A Highlight Optimized Natural Color.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- Sentinel-2 image (2021)
- Islands.location
- Arctic Ocean
- Islands.archipelago
- Svalbard
- Islands.area_km2
- 191
- Islands.country
- Norway
- Islands.population
- 0
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Kongsøya is an island in Svalbard, Norway. It is the largest of the islands in King Charles Land (Kong Karls Land). Its area is . The other main island in the chain is Svenskøya.
==Geography== Kongsøya is the largest island in Kong Karls Land, and has a length of about 40 kilometers. It is separated from Abel Island to the east-northeast by the strait Lydiannasundet, and from Svenskøya to the west-southwest by Rivalensundet ( wide). The strait of Erik Eriksenstretet separates Kongsøya from Nordaustlandet.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kongsøya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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