Kvadehuksletta Explained

Kvadehuksletta is a plain located on the outermost part of the peninsula of Brøggerhalvøya on the west coast of the island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway. It takes its name after Kvadehuken,[1] the outermost part of the peninsula. It is again a Norwegianization of the Dutch "Quade hoek", which means bad corner.[2]

During the late 1950s and early 1960s, Norsk Polar Navigasjon proposed building an airport at Kvadehuksletta.[3]

References

78.97°N 11.46°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kvadehuksletta . https://archive.today/20120711141542/http://miljo.npolar.no/placenames/pages/detaile.asp?placeNameID=27826E . dead . 11 July 2012 . . 17 April 2012 .
  2. Web site: Kvadehuken . https://archive.today/20120720100819/http://miljo.npolar.no/placenames/pages/detaile.asp?placeNameID=07825A . dead . 20 July 2012 . . 17 April 2012 .
  3. Book: Hanoa, Rolf . Kings Bay Kull Comp. A/S 1917–1992 . Schibsted . Oslo . 1993 . 82-516-1448-1 . Norwegian . 196.

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