Edgeøya

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Edgeøya is one of the large, remote islands in the Svalbard archipelago of Arctic Norway, known for its rugged tundra landscape and rich polar wildlife.

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Label Occurrences
Edgeøya canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arctic island ⓘ
island ⓘ
administeredBy Governor of Svalbard ⓘ
area about 5073 square kilometres ⓘ
belongsTo Kingdom of Norway ⓘ
climate Arctic climate ⓘ
polar climate ⓘ
coastlineFeature bays ⓘ
cliffs ⓘ
country Norway ⓘ
governedUnder Svalbard Treaty ⓘ
hasEcosystem Arctic tundra ecosystem ⓘ
hasEnglishName Edge Island ⓘ
hasFeature coastal plains ⓘ
glaciers ⓘ
raised beaches ⓘ
hasNorwegianName Edgeøya ⓘ
hasWildlife Arctic foxes ⓘ
polar bears ⓘ
reindeer ⓘ
seabirds ⓘ
seals ⓘ
walruses ⓘ
landscape rugged coastline ⓘ
tundra ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic Ocean ⓘ
High Arctic ⓘ
linked to: Arctic region

Svalbard ⓘ
namedAfter Thomas Edge ⓘ
nameEtymology named for English whaler and merchant Thomas Edge ⓘ
notableFor relatively undisturbed Arctic environment ⓘ
remote location ⓘ
rich polar wildlife ⓘ
partOf Svalbard archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Svalbard
permanentSettlements none ⓘ
population uninhabited ⓘ
protectedArea Søraust-Svalbard Nature Reserve ⓘ
protectedStatus partly within Svalbard Nature Reserves ⓘ
rankInSizeWithinSvalbard third-largest island ⓘ
region Arctic Norway ⓘ
linked to: Svalbard
relativeLocation east of Spitsbergen ⓘ
south of Kongsøya and Svenskøya ⓘ
sea Barents Sea ⓘ
sovereignState Norway ⓘ
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time ⓘ
usedFor scientific research ⓘ
wildlife observation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Svalbard → containsIsland → Edgeøya ⓘ
Barentsøya → locatedWestOf → Edgeøya ⓘ
Edgeøya → hasNorwegianName → Edgeøya ⓘ
Thomas Edge → hasNamesake → Edgeøya ⓘ