Dickson Land
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Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen is the largest and only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in Norway. Constituting the western-most bulk of the archipelago, it borders the Arctic Ocean, the Norwegian Sea and the Greenland Sea...
, 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...
. It forms a peninsula between the Isfjorden branches Billefjorden
Billefjorden
Billefjorden is the central fjord of the three branching from the innermost part of the Isfjorden to the northeast, in Svalbard, Norway. It is 30km long and 5-8km wide. Billefjorden lies between Dickson Land to the northwest and Bünsow Land in the southeast. Located on its northwestern shore is the...
and Dicksonfjorden
Dicksonfjorden
Dicksonfjorden is a fjord branch of Isfjorden at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is located between James I Land and Dickson Land, and is named after Swedish Baron Oscar Dickson....
. Dickson Land is named after Oscar Dickson.