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Definition of Spitzbergen
1. Noun. Islands in the Svalbard archipelago to the east of northern Greenland; belonging to Norway.
Definition of Spitzbergen
1. Proper noun. A group of islands north east of Greenland ¹
2. Proper noun. The territory of Norway which they compose (official name: Svalbard) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spitzbergen
Literary usage of Spitzbergen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1873)
"The following Paper was read :— On Discoveries east of Spitzbergen, and Attempts
to reach tlie Pole on the » Spitzbergen Meridians. By CLEMENTS R. MARKHAM, ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"The supposition that there exists in the sea between Spitzbergen and Nova ...
A new expedition to the North Pole by way of Spitzbergen might leave port ..."
3. The Polar World: A Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and by Georg Hartwig (1869)
"The west Coast of Spitzbergen.—Ascension of a Mountain by Dr. Scoresby. ...
Flora of Spitzbergen.—Its Similarity with that of the Alps above the Snow-line. ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1862)
"On the 22nd of June, 1827, Captain Parry started on a boat expedition from
Spitzbergen towards the North Pole—one of the most hazardous efforts known in ..."
5. The Polar and Tropical Worlds: A Description of Man and Nature in the Polar by Georg Hartwig (1872)
"Flora of Spitzbergen.—Its Similarity with that of the Alps above the Snow-line.
... E archipelago of Spitzbergen consists of five large islands: West Spitz- ..."
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