Waldenøya
Waldenøya (anglicized as Walden Island[1]) is a small, rocky island just north of Nordkapp in Nordaustlandet in the Norwegian territory of Svalbard. It is the westernmost part of Sjuøyane in the Svalbard archipelago.[2]
The island is named after John Walden, who was a midshipman aboard the Hon. Constantine John Phipps' HMS Racehorse in 1773. Walden, along with two pilots, visited the island on August 5 of the same year during the 1773 Phipps expedition towards the North Pole.[1][2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Place names in Norwegian polar areas". Norwegian Polar Institute.
- ^ a b Conway, William Martin (1906). No Man's Land: A History of Spitsbergen from Its Discovery in 1596 to the Beginning of the Scientific Exploration of the Country. Cambridge: University Press. ISBN 9781437265774.
80°30′N 19°30′E / 80.500°N 19.500°E
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