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Nordenskiöld Land
Nordenskiöld
Land
is the
land area
between
Isfjorden
and
Van Mijenfjorden
on
Spitsbergen
,
Svalbard
. The
area
is named after
Finnish-Swedish
explorer
and
geologist
Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld
. The
coastal region
of Nordenskiöld Land has been
identified
as an
Important Bird Area
by
BirdLife International
because it supports
breeding
populations
of
barnacle geese
and
common eiders
.