3-609: Isbjørnhamna is a bay in Wedel Jarlsberg Land at Spitsbergen , Svalbard . It is located between Wilczekodden and Hansbreen , at the northern side of Hornsund . The bay is named after the Norwegian sealing vessel Isbjørn . A Polish Polar Station is located in Isbjørnhamna. 77°00′00″N 15°35′00″E / 77.0000°N 15.5833°E / 77.0000; 15.5833 This Spitsbergen location article
6-569: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Wedel Jarlsberg Land Wedel Jarlsberg Land is the land area between Van Keulenfjorden and Hornsund on the southwestern part of Spitsbergen , Svalbard . The area is largely covered with glaciers, and is completely within the Sør-Spitsbergen National Park . Named after Baron Fritz Wedel Jarlsberg (1855-1942), Norwegian minister in Paris, to whose initiative and labour it
9-448: Was greatly due that Norway succeeded in acquiring the sovereignty of Svalbard by a treaty signed in Paris on February 9, 1920. Until then it had been regarded as no-man's-land. The northwestern part of the area was earlier called Orvin Land. 77°19′40″N 14°59′00″E / 77.32778°N 14.98333°E / 77.32778; 14.98333 This Spitsbergen location article
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