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    Prins Karls Forland

    Prinssi Kaarlen etumaa, Ziemia Księcia Karola

    78°47′N 10°46′E

    Prins Karls Forland or Forlandet, occasionally anglicized as Prince Charles Foreland, is an island off the west coast of Oscar II Land on Spitsbergen in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, Norway. The entire island and the surrounding sea area constitutes Forlandet National Park (Forlandet nasjonalpark).

    Spitsbergen, Prins Karl Forland, walruses colony
    Spitsbergen, Prins Karl Forland, walruses colony

    Jerzy Strzelecki / CC BY-SA 3.0

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    78°47′N 10°46′E

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    Prins Karls Forland or Forlandet, occasionally anglicized as Prince Charles Foreland, is an island off the west coast of Oscar II Land on Spitsbergen in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, Norway. The entire island and the surrounding sea area constitutes Forlandet National Park (Forlandet nasjonalpark).

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    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
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