• The modern Norwegian name, Halvmåneøya, is a direct translation of the old name, meaning Half Moon Island. Halvmåneøya is 12 square kilometres large...
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    Mayen Svalbard Archipelago: Barentsøya Alekseevøya Kükenthaløya Edgeøya Halvmåneøya Ryke Yseøyane Thousand Islands Zeiløyane Hopen Kong Karls Land Abel Island...
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    Diskobukta and Halvmåneøya. There is an all-year visitation ban on Zieglerøya, Delitschøya, Spekkholmen, Haudegen and large parts of Halvmåneøya. Traditionally...
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    men were probably on a small island to the southeast of Edgeøya called Halvmåneøya, or Half Moon Island. While no major settlement grew upon Edgeøya, whaling...
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  • Hornsund with his mother and his brother Alf. He wintered at Harmon (Halvmåneøya) in 1947. He brought the polar bear cub "Sebben [no]" back to Tromsø...
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    Sharapov, and Fedor Verigin, survived from 1743 to 1749 probably on Halvmåneøya in the Svalbard group of Norwegian islands; one died shortly before rescue...
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  • Halvmånesundet is a strait between Halvmåneøya and Edgeøya, Svalbard. It is located east of the peninsula with the headland Svarthuken. The strait has...
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  • (English: Menke Islands) is a small Norwegian island group south of Halvmåneøya, an island off the southeast coast of Edgeøya. The group includes Havella...
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