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Kvadehuken
Quade Hoek | |
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Cape | |
  Kvadehuken | |
| Coordinates: 78°57′59″N 11°19′42″E / 78.9663°N 11.3283°E | |
| Location | Oscar II Land, Spitsbergen |
Kvadehuken is a cape at the northwestern corner of Brøggerhalvøya, located at the southwestern side of outlet of Kongsfjorden, in Oscar II Land on Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The name is a Norwegian spelling of Dutch: Quade hoek (bad corner).[1][2]
The Norwegian geophysical station at Kvadehuken, a research facility, was established in 1920 by the Geophysical Institute of Tromsø. Brothers Hallvard and Finn Devold worked at the facility.[3] In October 1924, the station was wrapped up for financial reasons.[4]
- ^ "Kvadehuken (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ^ Arctic Pilot: Sailing directions Svalbard–Jan Mayen. Vol. 7. Stavanger: The Norwegian Hydrographic Service and The Norwegian Polar Institute. 1988. pp. 132, 256–257. ISBN 82-90653-06-9.
- ^ Finn Devold – Norsk biografisk leksikon
- ^ Roger Norum & James Proctor, Svalbard: Spitsbergen, Jan Mayen and Franz Josef Land, p. 191