Sørkappøya is the small island south of Sørkapp, the southern tip of Spitsbergen.
Sørkappøya (English: South Cape Island) is an uninhabited 7 km long island at the southern tip of Spitsbergen, the largest island of the Svalbard archipelago. Five kilometers north of the island is Sørkapp (South Cape), the southern cape of Spitsbergen's main island.
References
- Norwegian Polar Institute: Place names in Norwegian polar areas
76°29.5′N 16°34′E / 76.4917°N 16.567°E
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