Hopen (Svalbard)
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/place/2188
- Note
- "Hopen is an island in the southeastern part of the Svalbard archipelago (Norway). Hopen was discovered in 1596 by Jan Cornelisz Rijp during the third expedition by Willem Barentsz, trying to find the Northeast Passage.Later, in 1613, its name was given by Thomas Marmaduke of Hull, who named it after his former command, the Hopewell.
The Norwegian Meteorological Institute operates a manned weather station on the island with a staff of four persons. For the welfare of the crew, there are three cabins available on the island for their use.
During World War II, the Luftwaffe placed a meteorological team there under cover of Operation Zitronella." - (en.wikipedia.org 04.04.2020) - Latitude
- 76.550003051758
- Longitude
- 25.116666793823
- Population
- 4
- Time zone
- Arctic/Longyearbyen
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