Kapp Dufferin

Kapp Dufferin is a spit located northeast in Heer Land on the island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway. It is 1-kilometre (0.62 mi) wide with a lagoon, and makes up the eastern part of the coast east of Rjurikfjellet. It is named for Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, who visited Svalbard in 1856 and wrote Letters From High Latitudes.[1]

Kapp Dufferin
Native name:
Kapp Dufferin
Kapp Dufferin is located in Svalbard
Kapp Dufferin
Kapp Dufferin
Geography
Coordinates77°57.7′N 18°28.4′E

References
  1. "Kapp Dufferin". Norwegian Polar Institute. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2012.


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