Brækmoholmane
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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 (1853-1930), who visited Svalbard
regularly between 1876 and 1895.
Store Brækmoholmen
Store Brækmoholmen is the largest island in Brækmoholmane, part of Tusenøyane, an island group south of Edgeøya. The island is named after Sivert Brækmo , a Norwegian sailor and fishermen who regularly visited Svalbard between 1876 and 1895....
, Trønderen
Trønderen
Trønderen is an islet in Brækmoholmane, part of Tusenøyane, an island group south of Edgeøya. The island is named after Trøndelag, Norway, the birth place of Sivert Brækmo , a Norwegian sailor and fishermen who regularly visited Svalbard between 1876 and 1895.-References:* Norwegian Polar Institute...
and Alkekongen
Alkekongen
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.-References:* Norwegian Polar Institute...
. They form 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 archipelago 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...
. The islands are named after the Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
sailor and fisherman Sivert Brækmo (1853-1930), who visited Svalbard
Svalbard
Svalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic, constituting the northernmost part of Norway. It is located north of mainland Europe, midway between mainland Norway and the North Pole. The group of islands range from 74° to 81° north latitude , and from 10° to 35° east longitude. Spitsbergen is the...
regularly between 1876 and 1895.