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Islomen is a small rocky island, or skerry, in the southeastern part of Menkeøyane, part of Thousand Islands, a Norwegian archipelago south of Edgeøya.

Skerry A rocky island smaller than an islet

A skerry is a small rocky island, usually too small for human habitation. It may simply be a rocky reef. A skerry can also be called a low sea stack.

Menkeøyane island in Norway

Menkeøyane is a small Norwegian island group south of Halvmåneøya, an island off the southeast coast of Edgeøya. The group includes Havella, Alka, Gassen, Teisten, Islomen and Blåmåken. They comprise part of Thousand Islands. The islands are named after the German cartographer and historical geographer Heinrich Theodor Menke (1819–92). The islands appear on the Muscovy Company's map (1625), one of which is labeled Heling I.

Thousand Islands (Svalbard) island in Norway

Thousand Islands is a group of small islands south of Edgeøya. They form part of the Svalbard archipelago. The group consists of over forty islands and islets, including Brotskjer, Kulstadholmane, Utsira, Tufsen, Kong Ludvigøyane, Bölscheøya, Hornøya, Tiholmane, Meinickeøyane, Sletteøya, Schareholmane, Skråholmen, Brækmoholmane, Tareloppa, Vindholmen, and Menkeøyane.

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Bölscheøya island in Norway

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Brækmoholmane island group composed of three islands

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Trønderen is an islet in Brækmoholmane, part of Thousand Islands, an island group south of Edgeøya. The island is named after Trøndelag, Norway, the birthplace of Sivert Brækmo (1853–1930), a Norwegian sailor and fishermen who regularly visited Svalbard between 1876 and 1895.

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Store Meinickeøya is the largest island in Meinickeøyane, part of Thousand Islands, an island group south of Edgeøya.

Teisten is an islet in Menkeøyane, part of Thousand Islands, a Norwegian island group south of Edgeøya.

Skråholmen is an islet about 2 miles (3 km) northeast of Schareholmane. It is part of Thousand Islands, an archipelago south of Edgeøya.

Blåmåken is the northeasternmost island in Menkeøyane, part of Thousand Islands, a Norwegian archipelago south of Edgeøya.

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Coordinates: 77°08′N22°48′E / 77.133°N 22.800°E / 77.133; 22.800

Geographic coordinate system Coordinate system

A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position and two or three of the numbers represent a horizontal position; alternatively, a geographic position may be expressed in a combined three-dimensional Cartesian vector. A common choice of coordinates is latitude, longitude and elevation. To specify a location on a plane requires a map projection.