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Alpini Island

Alpini Island
Native name: Alpiniøya
Alpini Island is located in Svalbard
Alpini Island
Alpini Island
Location in Svalbard
Geography
Coordinates 80°21′01″N 24°45′02″E / 80.35028°N 24.75056°E / 80.35028; 24.75056Coordinates: 80°21′01″N 24°45′02″E / 80.35028°N 24.75056°E / 80.35028; 24.75056
Administration
Norway

Alpini Island (Norwegian: Alpiniøya) is an island in the Svalbard archipelago, north of Orvin Land in Nordaustlandet. It is located off the headland Bergströmodden, at the mouth of Finn Malmgren Fjord. The island is named after the Italian military corps Alpini, due to a visit to the island in 1928 by an expedition leader and captain of an Alpini regiment, Gennaro Sora.



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