Isfjorden is the second longest fjord in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard . It lies on the west side of Spitsbergen , an island in the Arctic Ocean about midway between Norway and the North Pole , and the largest in the archipelago. The mountain of Alkhornet stands on the northern side of the entrance to the fjord, as does the coastal plain of Daudmannsøyra . A portion of Isfjorden is included in the national parks of Norway as Nordre Isfjorden Land National Park . Around the fjord lie many of the largest settlements in Svalbard: Barentsburg , Longyearbyen (on the Adventfjorden ) and Pyramiden .
3-572: Nordenskiöld Land is the land area between Isfjorden and Van Mijenfjorden on Spitsbergen , Svalbard . The area is named after Finnish-Swedish explorer and geologist Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld . The coastal region of Nordenskiöld Land (Nordenskiøldkysten) has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports breeding populations of barnacle geese and common eiders . 78°03′N 15°32′E / 78.050°N 15.533°E / 78.050; 15.533 This Spitsbergen location article
6-574: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Isfjorden (Svalbard) A Basque whaling ship from San Sebastian , under the command of Juan de Erauso and piloted by the Englishman Nicholas Woodcock , was the first to establish a temporary whaling station here in 1612. In 1613 French , Basque, and Dutch whaling ships resorted to Safehaven ( Trygghamna ) on the north side of Isford or in Green Harbour on
9-660: The south side of the fjord. All were either driven off by armed English 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. The Svenskehuset Tragedy occurred in 1872–73 at Cape Thordsen in Isfjorden. Seventeen men died in Svenskehuset , now the oldest house on Spitsbergen. Today it
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