Straumporten

Straumporten

Straumporten

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Straumporten (English: Stream Gate) is a 1,340 m (4,400 ft)-wide sound between the southernmost part, Migmatittodden of Phippsøya and northeast side, Gullberget of Parryøya, in Sjuøyane north of Nordaustlandet in Svalbard, Norway.

Sjuøyane

The sound was named because drift ice often passes through it with the tidal streams.[1]

References

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    "Straumporten - Sund (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 2013-11-24.

80°40′N 20°49.5′E


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