Vaigattøyane
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Vaigattøyane is a group of islands in the strait
Hinlopenstretet, between Spitsbergen
and Nordaustlandet
of the archipelago Svalbard
. The island group is named after Waygat, a previous name of Hinlopenstretet.
The larges island of the group is Wahlbergøya
, while other islands are Von Otterøya, Nyströmøya and Berggrenøya.
Strait
A strait or straits is a narrow, typically navigable channel of water that connects two larger, navigable bodies of water. It most commonly refers to a channel of water that lies between two land masses, but it may also refer to a navigable channel through a body of water that is otherwise not...
Hinlopenstretet, between Spitsbergen
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...
and Nordaustlandet
Nordaustlandet
Nordaustlandet is the second-largest island in the archipelago of Svalbard, Norway, with an area of . It lies north east of Spitsbergen, separated by Hinlopenstretet. Much of Nordaustlandet lies under large ice caps, mainly Austfonna and Vestfonna, the remaining parts of the north being tundra...
of the archipelago 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...
. The island group is named after Waygat, a previous name of Hinlopenstretet.
The larges island of the group is Wahlbergøya
Wahlbergøya
Wahlbergøya is an island in Hinlopenstretet, between Spitsbergen and Nordaustlandet of the archipelago Svalbard. The island has an area of about . It is named after Swedish botanist Peter Fredrik Wahlberg. It is the largest island of the island group Vaigattøyane.The island is included in the...
, while other islands are Von Otterøya, Nyströmøya and Berggrenøya.