Virgohamna

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Virgohamnamap

Virgohamna, vel Sinus Virginis (Anglice: Virgo Bay), est parvus sinus maritimus in litore septentrionali Danskoyae, insulae ante litus septentrio-occidentali Spitsbergen, principalis insula Svalbard congeriei insularum. Sinus ex Virgo, navi expeditionis anni 1896 Salomonis Augusti Andrée, ingeniarii exploratorisque Suecici, appellatur.

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Statio Salomonis Augusti Andrée in occidentali Virgohamnae litore sita, ex impressione photochrom (circa 1896–1897).

Bibliographia

  • Conway, William Martin. 1904. Early Dutch and English Voyages to Spitsbergen in the Seventeenth Century. Londinii.
  • 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. Cantabrigiae: University Press.
  • Dalgård, Sune. 1962. Dansk-Norsk Hvalfangst 1615–1660: En Studie over Danmark-Norges Stilling i Europæisk Merkantil Expansion. G. E. C. Gads Forlag.
  • Norwegian Polar Institute. Place Names of Svalbard Database.
  • White, Adam, ed. 1855. A Collection of Documents on Spitzbergen and Greenland. Londinii: Hakluyt Society.

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