Meinickeøyane
Sign in to saveMeinickeøyane () is an island group composed of two islets, Store Meinickeøya and Vesle Meinickeøya, that form part of Thousand Islands, an island group south of Edgeøya, part of the Svalbard archipelago. They were named after the German geographer Carl Eduard Meinicke (1803–76).
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- Instance of
- island
- Named after
- Carl Eduard Meinicke
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Svalbard
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Body of water
- Arctic Ocean
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- NO-Tusenoyane.png
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- located in/on physical feature
- Svalbard
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Meinickeøyane () is an island group composed of two islets, Store Meinickeøya and Vesle Meinickeøya, that form part of Thousand Islands, an island group south of Edgeøya, part of the Svalbard archipelago. They were named after the German geographer Carl Eduard Meinicke (1803–76).
==References== Norwegian Polar Institute Place Names of Svalbard Database
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