Kvitøya

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Kvitøya is a remote, mostly ice-covered island in the far northeastern part of the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kvitøya canonical 19
Kvitøya island 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arctic island ⓘ
island ⓘ
administeredBy Governor of Svalbard ⓘ
area about 682 square kilometres ⓘ
belongsTo Kingdom of Norway ⓘ
climate polar ⓘ
country Norway ⓘ
coveredByIce mostly ⓘ
discoveredBy Dutch explorers ⓘ
discoveryCentury 17th century ⓘ
expeditionEvent Andrée balloon expedition 1897 ended on Kvitøya ⓘ
formerlyKnownAs Hvidøen ⓘ
geology mostly covered by ice, limited exposed bedrock ⓘ
hasCoastlineFeature small ice-free areas ⓘ
hasHeadland Andréeneset ⓘ
Hornodden ⓘ
Kapp Annenkov ⓘ
Kapp Bruun ⓘ
Kapp Weyprecht ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Kvitøyjøkulen ice cap ⓘ
linked to: Kvitøyjøkulen
hasIceCap Kvitøyjøkulen ⓘ
hasIsland Kræmerpynten (outer point on islet) ⓘ
hasPermanentPopulation false ⓘ
hasWildlife polar bears ⓘ
seabirds ⓘ
seals ⓘ
highestElevation about 410 metres ⓘ
humanAccess restricted ⓘ
jurisdiction Svalbard Treaty area ⓘ
knownFor site of S. A. Andrée Arctic balloon expedition remains ⓘ
locatedEastOf Nordaustlandet ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic Ocean ⓘ
Barents Sea ⓘ
Svalbard ⓘ
locatedNear Victoria Island (Russian Arctic) ⓘ
locatedNortheastOf Spitsbergen ⓘ
linked to: Svalbard
mainSurfaceType glacial ice ⓘ
nameLanguage Norwegian ⓘ
nameMeaning White Island ⓘ
ocean Arctic Ocean ⓘ
partOf Svalbard archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Svalbard
protectedStatus part of Svalbard nature reserves ⓘ
region High Arctic ⓘ
linked to: Arctic region
seaIceConditions often surrounded by pack ice ⓘ
sovereignty Norway ⓘ
uninhabited true ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

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

Svalbard → containsIsland → Kvitøya ⓘ
Nordaust-Svalbard Nature Reserve → contains → Kvitøya island ⓘ
linked to: Kvitøya
Kvitøyjøkulen → locatedIn → Kvitøya ⓘ
Kvitøyjøkulen → isOnIsland → Kvitøya ⓘ
Andréeneset → locatedOn → Kvitøya ⓘ
Andréeneset → partOf → Kvitøya ⓘ
Hornodden → locatedIn → Kvitøya ⓘ
Hornodden → partOf → Kvitøya ⓘ
Hornodden → island → Kvitøya ⓘ
Kapp Bruun → locatedIn → Kvitøya ⓘ
Kapp Bruun → locatedOnIsland → Kvitøya ⓘ
Kapp Weyprecht → locatedIn → Kvitøya ⓘ
Kapp Weyprecht → partOf → Kvitøya ⓘ
Kapp Annenkov → locatedIn → Kvitøya ⓘ
Kapp Annenkov → partOf → Kvitøya ⓘ
Kapp Annenkov → locatedOnIsland → Kvitøya ⓘ
Hvidøen → formerNameOf → Kvitøya ⓘ
Hvidøen → hasCurrentName → Kvitøya ⓘ
Andrée balloon expedition 1897 → finalCampLocation → Kvitøya ⓘ
Andrée balloon expedition 1897 → crewDeathLocation → Kvitøya ⓘ