Hermansen Island

Hermansen Island
Native name: <span class="nickname" ">Hermansenøya
Hermansen Island
Geography
Coordinates 78°32′58″N 12°11′46″E / 78.5494°N 12.1962°E / 78.5494; 12.1962Coordinates: 78°32′58″N 12°11′46″E / 78.5494°N 12.1962°E / 78.5494; 12.1962
Administration
Norway

Hermansen Island[1][2][3] (Norwegian: Hermansenøya) is an island in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about three kilometers, and is located in Forlandsundet at the mouth of St. Jonsfjorden. The island is named after Norwegian naval officer Andreas Encke Hermansen.[4][5] The island was protected as a bird reserve in 1973.

References

  1. ↑ Gordon, Seton. 1923. Hebridean Memories. Glashow: Neil Wilson Publishing.
  2. ↑ Gugnacka-Fiedor, Wanda & Bożena Noryśkiewicz. 1982. The Vegetation of Kaffiøyra, Oscar II Land, NW Spitsbergen. Acta Universitatis Nicolai Copernici, Geografia 16(51): 203–238, p. 228.
  3. ↑ Adamska, Edyte, Natalia Glazik, & Wanda Gugnacka-Fiedor. 1999. Elements of the Lichen Flora of Kaffiøyra (Oscar II Land, NW Spitsbergen) Collected during the Third Toruń Polar Expedition. Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica 44(1): 151–166, p. 151.
  4. ↑ "Hermansenøya (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  5. ↑ Arctic Pilot: Sailing directions Svalbard–Jan Mayen. 7. Stavanger: The Norwegian Hydrographic Service and The Norwegian Polar Institute. 1988. pp. 243, 250. ISBN 82-90653-06-9.
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