Kulstadholmane
Encyclopedia
Kulstadholmane is the southernmost group of islets in Tusenøyane
, an archipelago south of Edgeøya
. It comprises Håøya and the skerries or islets surrounding it: Håungen
, Håkallen
and Håkjerringa
. The islets are named after the Norwegian
sealing
skipper Johan Kulstad, who was shipwrecked in Storfjorden
in 1853 before being rescued by the Danish
skipper Schau.
Tusenøyane
Tusenøyane is a group of small islands south of Edgeøya. They form part of the Svalbard archipelago. The group consists of over forty islands and islets, including Brotskjer, Kulstadholmane, Utsira, Tufsen, Kong Ludvigøyane, Bölscheøya, Hornøya, Tiholmane, Meinickeøyane, Sletteøya, Schareholmane,...
, an archipelago south of Edgeøya
Edgeøya
Edgeøya, occasionally anglicised as Edge Island, is an uninhabited Norwegian island in southeast of the Svalbard archipelago; it is the third largest island in this archipelago. An Arctic island, it forms part of the South East Svalbard Nature Reserve, home to polar bears and reindeer. Its eastern...
. It comprises Håøya and the skerries or islets surrounding it: Håungen
Håungen
Håungen is a small islet north of Håkallen in Kulstadholmane, part of Tusenøyane, an archipelago south of Edgeøya. Its name derives from a neighboring island.-References:* Norwegian Polar Institute...
, Håkallen
Håkallen
Håkallen is a small islet west of Håkjerringa in Kulstadholmane, part of Tusenøyane, an archipelago south of Edgeøya.-References:* Norwegian Polar Institute...
and Håkjerringa
Håkjerringa
Håkjerringa is an islet on the western coast of Håøya in Kulstadholmane, part of Tusenøyane, an archipelago south of Edgeøya. A large number of Greenland Sharks inhabit the waters around the island.-References:* Norwegian Polar Institute...
. The islets are named after the Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
sealing
Seal hunting
Seal hunting, or sealing, is the personal or commercial hunting of seals. The hunt is currently practiced in five countries: Canada, where most of the world's seal hunting takes place, Namibia, the Danish region of Greenland, Norway and Russia...
skipper Johan Kulstad, who was shipwrecked in Storfjorden
Storfjorden
Storfjorden is the body of water separating Spitsbergen in the west from Barentsøya and Edgeøya to the east. Its southern limits are Kikutodden in Sørkapp Land east to Håøya, Tiholmane, Brækmoholmane, and Menkeøyane in Tusenøyane and northeast to Negerpynten—the southeastern promontory of Edgeøya...
in 1853 before being rescued by the Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
skipper Schau.