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Kong Karls Land
Kong Karls Land. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Kong Karls Land or King Charles Land is an island group in the Svalbard archipelago, in the Arctic Ocean. The island group covers an area of 342 km2 (132 sq mi) and is made up of the islands of Kongsøya, Svenskøya, Abel Island, Helgoland Island, and Tirpitzøya. The island group was discovered in the 1870s and first accurately mapped by Kapitän Rüdiger in 1898.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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