Nordaustlandet
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Nordaustlandet

Geography
Location	Arctic Ocean
Coordinates	79°48′N 22°24′E / 79.8, 22.4Coordinates: 79°48′N 22°24′E / 79.8, 22.4
Archipelago	Svalbard
Area	14,443 km², 11,009 km² glaciated. Perimeter 1,688 km.
Rank	58th
Highest point	Norddomen (700 m (2,297 ft))
Country
Norway
Demographics
Population	0

Nordaustlandet is an Arctic desert

Nordaustlandet (sometimes translated as North East Land) is the second largest island in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, with an area of 14,443 km². As its name suggests, it lies north east of Spitsbergen, separated by the Hinlopen Strait.

Much of Nordaustlandet lies under large ice caps, mainly Austfonna (Europe's largest glacier, its southern part being called Sørfonna) and Vestfonna, the remaining parts of the north being tundra inhabited by reindeer and walruses.

The island is uninhabited.

See also

• List of islands of Norway

External links

Walrus colony on Nordaustlandet

• Western Nordauslandet on Svalbard Images. (URL accessed 24 July 2006)
• Eastern Nordauslandet on Svalbard Images. (URL accessed 24 July 2006)
• Map of Nordaustlandet

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