Ehrenberg Island

{{Short description|Island in Svalbard, Norway}}

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| native_name = Ehrenbergøya

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Ehrenberg Island{{cite web|url=http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-3389451&fid=5889&c=svalbard|title=Ehrenberg, Svalbard - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates|work=geographic.org|accessdate=7 May 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.myfishmaps.com/intl-fishing-maps/Svalbard/fishing-Natural_Land_Structures/Island/Svalbard/Ehrenberg/|title=Ehrenberg, Svalbard, Svalbard Fishing Island Maps - MyFishMaps.com|work=myfishmaps.com|accessdate=7 May 2016}} ({{langx|no|Ehrenbergøya}}){{cite web|url=http://placenames.npolar.no/stadnamn/Ehrenberg%C3%B8ya?ident=3252|title=Ehrenbergøya - Øy (Svalbard)|work=npolar.no|accessdate=7 May 2016}} is a minor island in the Bastian Islands in the Svalbard archipelago. It lies north of Lange Island.

The island has the shape of an inverted teardrop and its highest elevation is {{convert|30|m|ft|sp=us}} above sea level. The closest neighboring islands are Lange Island about {{convert|500|m|ft|sp=us}} to the south and Wilhelm Island about {{convert|7|km|mi|sp=us}} to the east. The wildlife consists largely of polar bears.

Most of the Bastian Islands were named during the First German North Polar Expedition in 1868. Ehrenberg Island is named after the German zoologist Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg.

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Category:Islands of Svalbard

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