| Native name: Hermansenøya | |
|---|---|
  Hermansen Island | |
| Geography | |
| Coordinates | 78°32′58″N 12°11′46″E / 78.5494°N 12.1962°E / 78.5494; 12.1962 |
| Administration | |
| Norway | |
Hermansen Island (Norwegian: Hermansenøya) is an island in Oscar II Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about three kilometers, and is located in Forlandsundet at the mouth of St. Jonsfjorden. The island is named after Norwegian naval officer Andreas Encke Hermansen. The island was protected as a bird reserve in 1973.
References
- Gordon, Seton. 1923. Hebridean Memories. Glashow: Neil Wilson Publishing.
- Gugnacka-Fiedor, Wanda & Bożena Noryśkiewicz. 1982. The Vegetation of Kaffiøyra, Oscar II Land, NW Spitsbergen. Acta Universitatis Nicolai Copernici, Geografia 16(51): 203–238, p. 228.
- Adamska, Edyte, Natalia Glazik, & Wanda Gugnacka-Fiedor. 1999. Elements of the Lichen Flora of Kaffiøyra (Oscar II Land, NW Spitsbergen) Collected during the Third Toruń Polar Expedition. Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica 44(1): 151–166, p. 151.
- "Hermansenøya (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- Arctic Pilot: Sailing directions Svalbard–Jan Mayen. Vol. 7. Stavanger: The Norwegian Hydrographic Service and The Norwegian Polar Institute. 1988. pp. 243, 250. ISBN 82-90653-06-9.
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