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    Kvitøya (English: "White Island") is an island in the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, with an area of 682 square kilometres (263 sq mi). It...
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    closed in on them in October, the group ended up exhausted on the deserted Kvitøya (White Island) in Svalbard and died there. For 33 years the fate of the...
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    part in many Arctic expeditions and is credited with the discovery of Kvitøya. Kjeldsen was born in the village of Bakkejord on Kvaløya. He went on his...
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    Spitsbergen, with only a short distance not being covered by snow or glacier. Kvitøya is 99.3% covered by glacier. The landforms of Svalbard were created through...
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    down 300 km (190 mi) north of Kvitøya, the northeasternmost part of the Svalbard archipelago. They trekked to Kvitøya but died there three months after...
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    islands, such as Barents Island (Barentsøya) (1,288 km2 (497 sq mi)), Kvitøya (682 km2 (263 sq mi)), Prins Karls Forland (English: Prince Charles Foreland)...
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    Islands Zeiløyane Hopen Kong Karls Land Abel Island Kongsøya Svenskøya Kvitøya (White Island) Nordaustlandet Chermsideøya Foynøya Karl XII-øya Lågøya...
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    Storøya, and in the eastern part of the island of Kvitøya. On Andréeneset, in the southern part of Kvitøya, gneisses and granites are the most common rock...
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    far east as Rudolf Island in the Franz Josef Archipelago. The islands of Kvitøya and Victoria Island are located at the southern limit of this Arctic sea...
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  • Country in Asia. UN figure is as of 2004. Official area in 2006 is 704 km2. Kvitøya 682 Island of Svalbard. Aswan Governorate 679 Governorate of Egypt. East...
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  •  Spain 54 Fasta Åland 685 265  Finland ( Åland) Mainland of Åland. 55 Kvitøya 682 264  Norway (Svalbard) 56 Ringvassøy 656 253  Norway 57 Islay 620 239...
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    A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897 at Kvitøya in 1930. The headland Hornodden of Kvitøya is named after him. Gunnar Hansen Horn was born in...
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    Smith across the Islands Bolshoy Ostrov (Great Island) [Storøya], Gilles [Kvitøya] and Victoria; Cape Mary Harmsworth (southwestern extremity of Alexandra...
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  • Karls Land Abel Island Helgoland Island Kongsøya Svenskøya Tirpitzøya Kvitøya Nordaustlandet Prins Karls Forland Spitsbergen Wilhelm Island Svanøya Svellingen...
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    well known found film was found in 1930 at the shore of arctic island Kvitøya; the film had recoverable images of the last days of S. A. Andrée's Arctic...
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    Island is situated only less than 32 nautical miles (59 km; 37 mi) off Kvitøya in the Svalbard archipelago, it lies east of the territories put under...
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    of the Nordaust-Svalbard Nature Reserve, along with Nordaustlandet and Kvitøya. There is a ban on traffic to the islands, which includes the areas of...
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    Andréeneset (category Kvitøya)
    Andréeneset is headland at the southwestern point of the island of Kvitøya in the Svalbard archipelago. It is named after engineer and Arctic explorer...
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    Svalbard, including Bjørnøya, was part of Laurentia, but Franz Josef Land and Kvitøya (an eastern island of the Svalbard archipelago) most likely became part...
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    island group and is closer to Svalbard, located 60 kilometers (37 mi) from Kvitøya. Geologically the archipelago is located on the northern edge of the Barents...
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  • 35°02′E 82  Cyprus Klidhes Islands 34°36′E 83  Norway Kræmerpynten on Kvitøya, Svalbard Kibergsneset (mainland) 33°30′E 31°01′E 84  Zimbabwe Border with...
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  • further. 1 0 October 1897 S. A. Andrée's Arctic Balloon Expedition of 1897 Kvitøya, Norway Indirect deaths: All three balloon expedition members died of exposure...
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  • (Barents Sea) Barents Sea Passing just south of the islands of Storøya and Kvitøya, Svalbard,  Norway Passing just south of Victoria Island,  Russia 80°0′N...
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  • Kvitøyjøkulen (category Kvitøya)
    Kvitøyjøkulen is a large icecap on the island of Kvitøya in the Svalbard archipelago. The icecap covers most of the island, which has an area between...
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    Smith across the Islands Bolshoy Ostrov (Great Island) [Storøya], Gilles [Kvitøya] and Victoria; Cape Mary Harmsworth (Southwestern extremity of Alexandra...
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  • (White Island), St. Petersburg, Russia Graciosa, or White Island, Azores Kvitøya (White Island), Norway White Island (Philippines) White Island (Enderby...
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  • Hornodden (category Kvitøya)
    of Kvitøya in the Svalbard archipelago. It is named after geologist and Arctic explorer Gunnar Horn, leader of the Bratvaag Expedition to Kvitøya in 1930...
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    Salomon August Andrée (category Kvitøya)
    in early October after more than two months on the ice, setting foot on Kvitøya (White Island), just east of Svalbard. They perished there, probably within...
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  • Country in Asia. UN figure is as of 2004. Official area in 2006 is 704 km2. Kvitøya 682 Island of Svalbard. Aswan Governorate 679 Governorate of Egypt. East...
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    down into Russia. The path of totality touched the northeast corner of Kvitøya, an uninhabited Norwegian island in the Svalbard archipelago, at 09:47...
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