Hermansen Island Explained

Hermansen Island
Native Name:Hermansenøya
Map:Svalbard
Coordinates:78.5494°N 12.1962°W
Country: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.

Notes and 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. Web site: Hermansenøya (Svalbard) . . 29 September 2013.
  5. Book: Arctic Pilot: Sailing directions Svalbard - Jan Mayen . 1988 . 7 . The Norwegian Hydrographic Service and The Norwegian Polar Institute . Stavanger . 82-90653-06-9 . 243, 250 .

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