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Dunøyane
Part of Svalbard
Dunøyane is a group of islands north of Hornsund, outside Wedel Jarlsberg Land at the western coast of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The island group is a nesting site for barnacle goose, common eider and Arctic tern. Hunters used to collect eiderdown at the islands.
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Dunøyane is a group of islands north of Hornsund, outside Wedel Jarlsberg Land at the western coast of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The island group is a nesting site for barnacle goose, common eider and Arctic tern. Hunters used to collect eiderdown at the islands. Dunøyane are included in the Dunøyane Bird Sanctuary, and part of the Sør-Spitsbergen National Park.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands2
- Minor islands1
- Islets0
- Rocks & skerries0
Major islands
Store Dunøya
- Area
- 0.59 km²
- High point
- 9 m
Nordre Dunøya
- Area
- 0.38 km²
- High point
- 6 m
Minor islands
Fjørholmen
- Area
- 0.2 km²
- High point
- 5 m
Figures
Comparative heights
- Store Dunøya: 9 m
- Nordre Dunøya: 6 m
- Fjørholmen: 5 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Store Dunøya | 0.59 km² |
| Nordre Dunøya | 0.38 km² |
| Fjørholmen | 0.2 km² |
Photographs
Aerial view of Spitzbergen, outlet glacier of Wedel Jarlsberg Land, Dun Islands (Dunøyane), Greenland Sea, Svalbard
Aerial view of Spitzbergen
Dunøyane and Dunøysund, outside the coast of Wedel Jarlsberg Land, Svalbard.
Aerial view over the western part of Wedel Jarlsberg Land - Southwestern Spitsbergen, Norway.
Part of the western coast of Wedel Jarlsberg Land, Svalbard
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- Svalbard aerial 2. kallerna / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Svalbard aerial 3. kallerna / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Elveflya plain, Werenskioldbreen, mountain Glasiologknausen, Skilryggbreen, Slyngfjellet, Hansbreen, Gullichsenfjellet, Angellfjellet, Skålfjellet, island Fjørholmen - Svalbard aerial 2 (cropped). kallerna / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wedel Jarlsberg Land Dunøyane IMG 2480. Bjoertvedt / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Wedel Jarlsberg Land IMG 3972 solheimfjellet nannbreen rundingen elveflya tonefjellet nottinghambukta werenskioldbreen. Bjoertvedt / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Wedel Jarlsberg Land Torbjørnsenfjellet Dunøyane IMG 2482. Bjoertvedt / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Wedel Jarlsberg Land Torbjørnsenfjellet IMG 2483. Bjoertvedt / CC BY-SA 3.0