Kvitøya

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Kvitøya is a remote, mostly ice-covered island in the far northeastern part of the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.

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Kvitøya canonical 1
Kvitøya island 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arctic island
island
administeredBy Governor of Svalbard
area about 682 square kilometres
belongsTo Kingdom of Norway
climate polar
country Norway
coveredByIce mostly
discoveredBy Dutch explorers
discoveryCentury 17th century
expeditionEvent Andrée balloon expedition 1897 ended on Kvitøya
formerlyKnownAs Hvidøen
geology mostly covered by ice, limited exposed bedrock
hasCoastlineFeature small ice-free areas
hasHeadland Andréeneset
Hornodden
Kapp Annenkov
Kapp Bruun
Kapp Weyprecht
hasHighestPoint Kvitøyjøkulen
surface form: Kvitøyjøkulen ice cap
hasIceCap Kvitøyjøkulen
hasIsland Kræmerpynten (outer point on islet)
hasPermanentPopulation false
hasWildlife polar bears
seabirds
seals
highestElevation about 410 metres
humanAccess restricted
jurisdiction Svalbard Treaty area
knownFor site of S. A. Andrée Arctic balloon expedition remains
locatedEastOf Nordaustlandet
locatedIn Arctic Ocean
Barents Sea
Svalbard
locatedNear Victoria Island (Russian Arctic)
locatedNortheastOf Svalbard
surface form: Spitsbergen
mainSurfaceType glacial ice
nameLanguage Norwegian
nameMeaning White Island
ocean Arctic Ocean
partOf Svalbard
surface form: Svalbard archipelago
protectedStatus part of Svalbard nature reserves
region Arctic region
surface form: High Arctic
seaIceConditions often surrounded by pack ice
sovereignty Norway
uninhabited true

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Svalbard containsIsland Kvitøya
Nordaust-Svalbard Nature Reserve contains Kvitøya
this entity surface form: Kvitøya island