Alkekongen
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Alkekongen is an islet in Brækmoholmane
, part of Tusenøyane
, an island group south of Edgeøya
. Its name is derived from the fact that thousands of Little Auk
breed among the boulders of the island.
Brækmoholmane
Brækmoholmane is an island group composed of three islands, Store Brækmoholmen, Trønderen and Alkekongen. They form part of Tusenøyane, an archipelago south of Edgeøya. The islands are named after the Norwegian sailor and fisherman Sivert Brækmo , who visited Svalbard regularly between 1876 and...
, part of Tusenøyane
Tusenøyane
Tusenøyane is a group of small islands south of Edgeøya. They form part of the Svalbard archipelago. The group consists of over forty islands and islets, including Brotskjer, Kulstadholmane, Utsira, Tufsen, Kong Ludvigøyane, Bölscheøya, Hornøya, Tiholmane, Meinickeøyane, Sletteøya, Schareholmane,...
, an island group south of Edgeøya
Edgeøya
Edgeøya, occasionally anglicised as Edge Island, is an uninhabited Norwegian island in southeast of the Svalbard archipelago; it is the third largest island in this archipelago. An Arctic island, it forms part of the South East Svalbard Nature Reserve, home to polar bears and reindeer. Its eastern...
. Its name is derived from the fact that thousands of Little Auk
Little Auk
The Little Auk, or Dovekie , is a small auk, the only member of the genus Alle. It breeds on islands in the high Arctic. There are two subspecies: A. a. alle breeds in Greenland, Iceland, Novaya Zemlya and Spitsbergen, and A. a...
breed among the boulders of the island.