Straumporten
Straumporten (English: Stream Gate) is a 1340 m wide sound between the southernmost part, Migmatittodden of Phippsøya and northeast side, Gullberget of Parryøya, in Sjuøyane north of Nordaustlandet in Svalbard, Norway.
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Sjuøyane
The sound was named because drift ice often passes through the sound with the tidal streams.[1]
References
- "Straumporten - Sund (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
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