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- Smeerenburg was a whaling settlement on Amsterdam Island in northwest Svalbard. It was founded by the Danish and Dutch in 1619 as one of Europe's northernmost...
- no agreement about sovereignty. Whaling stations, the largest being Smeerenburg, were built during the 17th century, but gradually whaling decreased...
- Gravneset Gåshamna Grumant Hiorthhamn Lægerneset Port Louis Pyramiden Smeerenburg Sveagruva Ytre Norskøya Note: some cities are abandoned Olonkinbyen Puppebu...
- Station was established in 2003, by the People's Republic of China. Smeerenburg was Dutch-speaking until about 1660. The name itself is Dutch for "blubber...
- in 1637) Pyramiden (Пирамида) (Russian settlement, abandoned in 1998) Smeerenburg (Danish-Dutch settlement established in 1619 on the southeastern promontory...
- authorities tried to use force to keep out other countries' fleets. Smeerenburg was one of the first settlements, established by the Dutch in 1619. Smaller...
- Settlements Jan Mayen Smeerenburg...
- 1989 to 2006. Pablos said Smeerensburg is a deliberate misspelling of Smeerenburg, a former Dutch and Norwegian whaling station in the Arctic archipelago...
- modern name for this area is Smeerenburgfjorden (a modern blunder, as Smeerenburg was only a settlement). The fjord is 20 km long and 4 km wide. Willem...
- Settlements Jan Mayen Smeerenburg...