Panorama Spitsbergen Hinlopen Strait Cape Fanshawe |
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| back to Svalbard Archipelago Home Cape Fanshawe (378m) is the northern point of Lomfjordhalvøya, a peninsula between Lomfjorden and Hinlopen Strait. It is a trigonometric point of the Swedish-Russian Are-of-Meridian Expedition 1899-1902. Named after Fanshawe, mate of H.M.S. "Heela", the vessel of Parry's expedition to Spitsbergen 1827. Alkefjellet (seen at the left) is a cliff northeast on Lomfjordhalvøya and a famous Rookery for sea-fowl. . |