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Freemansundet    (Approved)
  Area:Svalbard
  Position:78°13.7'N 21°41.2'E
  Map sheet:S100 E9 Freemansundet
S1000 Svalbard
  Category:Strait, sound
  References:Norwegian chart 303, 1926, Svalbard chart S. 5 (1933)

Definition:
Strait, about 35 km long and 6 km wide, east of Storfjorden and separating Barentsøya from Edgeøya

Origin:
After Alderman Ralph Freeman. See Freemanbreen

Freemansundet, see red dot

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

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