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Sorgfjorden    (Approved)
  Area:Svalbard
  Position:79°54.4'N 16°46.2'E
  Map sheet:S100 C4 Mosselhalvøya
S1000 Svalbard
  Category:Fiord
  References:Svalbard chart S. 7 (1934)

Definition:
Fiord west of the northern entrance to Hinlopenstretet, northeast in Ny-Friesland

Origin:
S. = the fiord of sorrow. Probably named after a catastrophe in 1693, when a fleet of 40 Dutch whalers was attached by three French men-of-war and 13 Dutch ships were captured. The rest escaped

Sorgfjorden, see red dot

(longitude rounded to nearest degree, latitude to 0.1 degree)

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