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Isfjorden (Svalbard)

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ships or were forced to pay a fine of some sort. In 1614 the Dutch agreed to give Isfjorden to the English. The English continued to use Isfjorden as a whaling base until at least the late 1650s.
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stands on the northern side of the entrance to the fjord, as does the coastal plain of
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This article is about the fjord on the island of Svalbard. For other uses, see
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Isfjord (Svalbard)
Isfjorden

second longest
fjord
Norwegian
Svalbard
Spitsbergen
Arctic Ocean
Norway
North Pole
Alkhornet
Daudmannsøyra
national parks of Norway
Nordre Isfjorden Land National Park
Barentsburg
Longyearbyen
Adventfjorden
Pyramiden



Basque
San Sebastian
Nicholas Woodcock
French
Dutch
Trygghamna
English
Svenskehuset Tragedy

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