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Nordenskiöld Land
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Nordenskiöld Land
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
.
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