Kvadehuksletta is a plain located on the outermost part of the peninsula of Brøggerhalvøya on the west coast of the island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway. It takes its name after Kvadehuken,[1] the outermost part of the peninsula. It is again a Norwegianization of the Dutch "Quade hoek", which means bad corner.[2]
During the late 1950s and early 1960s, Norsk Polar Navigasjon proposed building an airport at Kvadehuksletta.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Kvadehuksletta". Norwegian Polar Institute. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
- ^ "Kvadehuken". Norwegian Polar Institute. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
- ^ Hanoa, Rolf (1993). Kings Bay Kull Comp. A/S 1917–1992 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Schibsted. p. 196. ISBN 82-516-1448-1.
78°58′N 11°28′E / 78.97°N 11.46°E