Virgohamna (English: Virgo Bay) is a small bay on the northern coast of Danes Island, an island off the northwestern coast of Spitsbergen. Spitsbergen and Danes Island are islands of the Svalbard archipelago. The bay is named after SS Virgo, the vessel of Swedish engineer and explorer Salomon August Andrée 's 1896 expedition.

Virgohamna is a small bay on the northern coast of Danes Island, an island off the northwestern coast of Spitsbergen. Spitsbergen and Danes Island are islands of the Svalbard archipelago.

In 1896 and 1897, Swedish engineer and explorer Salomon August Andrée chose small Virgohamna (Virgo Bay) on the northern shore of Danes Island, as starting point to reach the North Pole b...

The bay in the north coast was called by the Dutch Houcker Bay, but has been renamed Virgo Bay (Virgohamna) after Andrée's steamer. Off the northeastern coast lays a small island, which the Dutch called Deadman’s Island, which, as the name suggests, was used as …

Virgohamna - Svalbard is a bay (a coastal indentation between two capes or headlands, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf) and has the latitude of 79.7333 and longitude of 10.9333.

Svalbard, Norway

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2020年5月5日 · In 1896 and 1897, Swedish engineer and explorer Salomon August Andrée chose small Virgohamna (Virgo Bay) on the northern shore of Danes Island, as starting point to reach the North Pole by a...

Virgohamna (English: Virgo Bay) is a small bay on the northern coast of Danes Island, an island off the northwestern coast of Spitsbergen. Spitsbergen and Danes Island are islands of the Svalbard archipelago. The bay is named after SS Virgo, the vessel of Swedish engineer and explorer Salomon August Andrée 's 1896 expedition.

Virgohamna, or Virgo Bay, to the north west of Spitsbergen, was home to a whaling station in the 17th century. Above all, though, it is known as the staging area for many attempts to reach the North Pole by balloon.