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Island in Telemark, Norway From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Løvøya is an island in Porsgrunn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The 0.25-square-kilometre (62-acre) island is located in the Ormerfjorden, just east of the island of Sandøya, and about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east of the town of Brevik.
Geography | |
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Location | Porsgrunn, Norway |
Coordinates | 59.0609°N 9.74063°E |
Area | 0.25 km2 (0.097 sq mi) |
Length | 1.3 km (0.81 mi) |
Width | 240 m (790 ft) |
Administration | |
Norway | |
County | Telemark |
Municipality | Porsgrunn Municipality |
In 1828, Morten Thrane Esmark found a black mineral on the island. He sent it to Swedish chemist Jöns Jakob Berzelius for examination for further analysis. Berzelius determined that it contained a new element, which he named thorium after Thor, the Norse god of thunder.[1][2][3]
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