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Nordenskiöld Bay
Nordenskiöld
Bay
is
a bay
on the
northern
coast
of
Nordaustlandet
,
Svalbard
.
The
bay
is named after
Arctic explorer
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld
.
Geography
Located between
Laponiahalvøya
and
Prins Oscars Land
, the bay is
facing
north
and has a
width
of about
25
nautical miles
.
It
contains
several
fjords
and
smaller
bays
, including
Ekstremfjorden
,
Sabinebukta
,
Carolusbukta
and
Rijpfjorden
.