Store Brækmoholmen
Store Brækmoholmen (English: Great Brækmo Island) is the largest island in Brækmoholmane, part of Thousand Islands, an island group south of Edgeøya. The island is named after Sivert Brækmo (1853-1930), a Norwegian sailor and fishermen who regularly visited Svalbard between 1876 and 1895.
References
- Norwegian Polar Institute Place Names of Svalbard Database
Coordinates: 77°04′N 22°28′E / 77.067°N 22.467°E
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/5/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.