Spitzbergen

[ spits-bur-guh n ]

/ ˈspɪtsˌbɜr gən /

Spitsbergen.

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Spitsbergen

[ spits-bur-guh n ]

/ ˈspɪtsˌbɜr gən /

a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean, N of and belonging to Norway. 24,293 sq. mi. (62,920 sq. km).

Norwegian Svalbard.

My constitution is so case-hardened that I believe I could live all the year at Spitzbergen.

The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves |Tobias Smollett
This species has since been found by me in 1882 in the Upper Jurassic strata of Spitzbergen.

Farthest North |Fridtjof Nansen
Spitzbergen, the land of "pointed mountains," is said to be very beautiful.

The Beauties of Nature |Sir John Lubbock
They have evidently been driven away thence in the same way as they are now being driven away from Spitzbergen.

The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II |A.E. Nordenskieold

The fishery for whales near Spitzbergen was first undertaken by the company in 1597.

Robert Kerr's General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 18 |William Stevenson

Spitsbergen

/ (ˈspɪtsˌbɜːɡən) /

another name for Svalbard