Lomfjordhalvøya
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Lomfjordhalvøya is a peninsula
at the norteastern part of Ny-Friesland
on Spitsbergen
, Svalbard
. It located between Lomfjorden
and Hinlopenstretet. Former names of the peninsula include Terre Margareta and Margaretas Land. The peninsula is covered by the glaciers Balderfonna
and Torsfonna
.
Peninsula
A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian, peninsulas are called "half-islands"....
at the norteastern part of Ny-Friesland
Ny-Friesland
Ny-Friesland is the land area between Wijdefjorden and Hinlopenstretet on Spitsbergen, Svalbard.The area is named after the Dutch province of Friesland....
on Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen is the largest and only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in Norway. Constituting the western-most bulk of the archipelago, it borders the Arctic Ocean, the Norwegian Sea and the Greenland Sea...
, Svalbard
Svalbard
Svalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic, constituting the northernmost part of Norway. It is located north of mainland Europe, midway between mainland Norway and the North Pole. The group of islands range from 74° to 81° north latitude , and from 10° to 35° east longitude. Spitsbergen is the...
. It located between Lomfjorden
Lomfjorden
Lomfjorden is a fjord at the eastern coast of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about . Former names of the fjord include Bear Bay, Lamber Bay, Loom Bay, Lomme Fjord and Lommen baij....
and Hinlopenstretet. Former names of the peninsula include Terre Margareta and Margaretas Land. The peninsula is covered by the glaciers Balderfonna
Balderfonna
Balderfonna is glacier at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is located on Ny-Friesland, between Hinlopenstretet and Lomfjorden. It is named after the Norse god Balder. Former names of the glacier include Lovén Plateau and Névé dôme Balder. Further north on the peninsula Lomfjordhalvøya is the glacier...
and Torsfonna
Torsfonna
Torsfonna is glacier at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is located on the peninsula Lomfjordhalvøya at Ny-Friesland. It is named after the Norse god Thor. A former name of the glacier was Névé dôme Tor. Further south, between Hinlopenstretet and Lomfjorden, is the glacier Balderfonna....
.