Hinlopen Strait

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

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The Hinlopen Strait{{cite web|url=https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-3391200&fid=5885&c=svalbard|title=Hinlopen Strait, Svalbard - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates|website=geographic.org}}Vorren, Torre O., et al. 2011. Glacial History of the Barents Sea Region. In: Jurgen Ehlers, Philip Leonard Gibbard, & Philip D. Hughes (eds.), Quaternary Glaciations – Extent and Chronology: A Closer Look, pp. 361–372. Amsterdam: Elsevier, p. 369.Conway, Martin. 1906. No Man's Land: A History of Spitsbergen from Its Discovery in 1596 to the Beginning of the Scientific Exploration of the Country. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 360. ({{langx|no|Hinlopenstretet}}) is the strait between Spitsbergen and Nordaustlandet in Svalbard, Norway. It is {{convert|150|km|sp=us}} long and {{convert|10|to|60|km|sp=us}} wide. The strait is difficult to pass because of pack ice. It is believed to have been named after Thijmen Jacobsz Hinlopen.{{cite web |url=http://cruise-handbook.npolar.no/en/northeast_reserve/hinlopenstretet-history.html |title=Hinlopenstretet's history |author=Norwegian Polar Institute |author-link=Norwegian Polar Institute |access-date=8 February 2009}}

The northern part of the strait is called Nordporten, between Storsteinhalvøya and Mosselhalvøya. The southern part, called Sørporten, widens up between Bråsvellbreen and the Bastian Islands.{{cite web |url=http://placenames.npolar.no/stadnamn/Nordporten |title=Nordporten (Svalbard) |publisher=Norwegian Polar Institute |access-date=20 October 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://placenames.npolar.no/stadnamn/Sørporten |title=Sørporten (Svalbard) |publisher=Norwegian Polar Institute |access-date=20 October 2013}}{{cite book |title=Arctic Pilot: Sailing directions Svalbard–Jan Mayen |year=1988 | volume =7 |publisher=The Norwegian Hydrographic Service and The Norwegian Polar Institute |location=Stavanger |isbn=82-90653-06-9 |page=340 }}