Barents Island
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Area | 1288 |
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Archipelago | Svalbard |
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ID | 2001308 |
About Barents Island
Barentsøya, sometimes anglicized as Barents Island, is an island in the Svalbard archipelago of Norway, lying between Edgeøya and Spitsbergen. Barents Island has no permanent human inhabitants. Named for the Dutch explorer Willem Barents, it is a part of Søraust-Svalbard Nature Reserve. Barentsøya is an Arctic island.