Hinlopen Strait
The Hinlopen Straitpack ice. It is believed to have been named after Thijmen Jacobsz Hinlopen.[4]
The northern part of the strait is called Nordporten, between Storsteinhalvøya and Mosselhalvøya. The southern part, called Sørporten, widens up between Bråsvellbreen and the Bastian Islands.[5][6][7]
References
- ^ "Hinlopen Strait, Svalbard - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates". geographic.org.
- ^ Vorren, Torre O., et al. 2011. Glacial History of the Barents Sea Region. In: Jurgen Ehlers, Philip Leonard Gibbard, & Philip D. Hughes (eds.), Quaternary Glaciations – Extent and Chronology: A Closer Look, pp. 361–372. Amsterdam: Elsevier, p. 369.
- ^ Conway, Martin. 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: Cambridge University Press, p. 360.
- ^ Norwegian Polar Institute. "Hinlopenstretet's history". Retrieved 8 February 2009.
- ^ "Nordporten (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- ^ "Sørporten (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- ISBN 82-90653-06-9.
External links
- http://www.caplex.no/Web/ArticleView.aspx?id=9314679 (Norwegian)
- Hinlopen Strait's wildlife
- Hinlopen Strait's geology and landscape
- Hinlopen Strait's history
- Hinlopen Strait's vegetation
79°37′N 18°47′E / 79.617°N 18.783°E
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