Kapp Dufferin

Spit on Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway

Kapp Dufferin

Native name:

Kapp Dufferin

Kapp Dufferin

Geography
Coordinates| 77°57.7′N 18°28.4′E﻿ / ﻿77.9617°N 18.4733°E﻿ / 77.9617; 18.4733

Kapp Dufferin is a spit located northeast in Heer Land on the island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway. It is 1-kilometre (0.62 mi) wide with a lagoon, and makes up the eastern part of the coast east of Rjurikfjellet. It is named for Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, who visited Svalbard in 1856 and wrote Letters From High Latitudes.[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Kapp Dufferin". Norwegian Polar Institute. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2012.

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