Liefdefjorden Explained

Liefdefjorden (English: The Love Fjord) is a fjord in Haakon VII Land on Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about 30km (20miles). Former names of the fjord include Baye d'Amour, Kjærlighedsbugten, Porto detto l'Amato, Liefde Bay and Love Bay. Monacobreen debouches into the fjord.[1] [2] At the northern side of the outer part of the fjord is the peninsula Reinsdyrflya.[3] Liefde is Dutch for "love" and the fjord is possible named after a ship "de Liefde".[4]

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79.6006°N 12.8686°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Liefdefjorden . . 30 November 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120503002948/http://miljo.npolar.no/placenames/pages/detailn.asp?placeNameID=48372I . 3 May 2012 .
  2. Encyclopedia: Liefdefjorden . Torfinn . Kjærnet . Store norske leksikon. Henriksen, Petter . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . Norwegian . 30 November 2011.
  3. Web site: Reinsdyrflya (Svalbard) . . 24 June 2013.
  4. http://placenames.npolar.no/stadnamn/Liefdefjorden Liefdefjorden (Svalbard)

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