Wahlenbergfjorden

Wahlenbergfjorden, sometimes known in English as Waalenburg Bay, is a fjord on the southwest coast of the Arctic island of Nordaustlandet, in Norway's Svalbard archipelago. At {{convert|46|km|mi}} in length, and {{convert|15|km|mi|abbr=on}} wide, it is the fifth longest fjord in the archipelago, and the longest on the island. The fjord separates Gustav V Land in the north from Gustav Adolf Land in the south, at geographical co-ordinates {{coord|79|40|N|20|00|E}}. Its mouth faces Spitsbergen across Hinlopen Strait, the strait separating the two islands.

The fjord is named for the Swedish naturalist Göran Wahlenberg (1780-1851) and has been known by this name since at least the early 1930s. The glacier of Wahlenbergbreen in Oscar II Land, Spitsbergen, is also named for him.

==References==

[http://miljo.npolar.no/placenames/pages/detaile.asp?placeNameID=816074P Wahlenbergfjord], Svalbard place names database, Norwegian Polar Institute, 2005 (URL accessed 29 July 2006)
[http://miljo.npolar.no/placenames/pages/detaile.asp?placeNameID=216071E Wahlenbergbreen], Svalbard place names database, Norwegian Polar Institute, 2005 (URL accessed 29 July 2006)