Tjuvfjorden Explained

Tjuvfjorden (en|Robber or Thief Fjord) is a 45 km long and up to 30 km wide fjord separating Edgeøya’s two southern promontories, Kvalpynten (Whale Point) and Svarthuken (old name: Negro Point).

The fjord was originally named Deicrowe's Sound by the English in 1616 after Benjamin Decrow, who was a leading figure of the Muscovy Company from 1610 onwards. This name appears on the Muscovy Company's map (1625)^[1] down to at least William Scoresby’s (1820).

References and sources

References

Sources

• Norwegian Polar Institute: Place names in Norwegian polar areas
• Purchas, S. 1625. Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Lande Travells by Englishmen and others. Volumes XIII and XIV (Reprint 1906 J. Maclehose and sons).

77.3333°N 22°W

Notes and References

1. Book: Conway, Martin.. No Man's Land: A History of Spitsbergen from its Discovery in 1596 to the Beginning of the Scientific Exploration of the Country. 1982. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 364.