Halvmåneøya
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Halvmåneøya (English: Half Moon Island) is a small island off the southeastern coast of Edgeøya.
The island was labelled as Abbots I. by the Muscovy Company’s map (1625), and St. Jacob by Willem Jansz. Blaeu (1662). Hendrick Doncker (1663) was the first to mark it Halvmaens eyl.. This last name has been retained to the present.
[edit] References
- Conway, W. M. 1906. No Man’s Land: A History of Spitsbergen from Its Discovery in 1596 to the Beginning of the Scientific Exploration of the Country. Cambridge: At the University Press.
- Norwegian Polar Institute Place Names of Svalbard Database
 |
This Norway location article is a stub. You can help by expanding it. |
