Svarthuken: Difference between revisions

'''Svarthuken''' is a [[headland]] at [[Edgeøya]], [[Svalbard]]. It is the southernmost point of Edgeøya, and has a length of about two kilometers. The rock consists of dark shales, and reaches 326 [[m.a.s.l.]] The bay [[Tjuvfjorden]] is located between Svarthuken and [[Kvalpynten]] further northwest. To the east is the strait [[Halvmånesundet]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Arctic Pilot: Sailing directions Svalbard&ndash;Jan Mayen |year=1988 | volume =7 |publisher=The Norwegian Hydrographic Service and The Norwegian Polar Institute |location=Stavanger |language= |isbn=82-90653-06-9 |pages=361, 362 }}</ref><ref name="Negerpynten"/>

== Name history ==

The headland was named ''Negro Point'' by english sailors in the [[17th century]] and was the official name from 1871.<ref name="dagbladet"/><ref name="Negro_Point"/> It was changed to the more norwegian sounding ''Negerpynten'' in 1933.<ref name="Negerpynten"/> After complaints about [[rasism]] the name was changed to ''Svarthuken'' in 2023.<ref name="dagsavisen"/><ref name="Svarthuken"/>

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<ref name="Svarthuken">{{cite web

| url=https://stadnamn.npolar.no/Svarthuken/Svalbard

| title=Svarthuken – Svalbard

| publisher=[[Norwegian Polar Institute]]

| accessdate=24 October 2023

}}</ref>

<ref name="Negerpynten">{{cite web

| url=http://placenames.npolar.no/stadnamn/Negerpynten

| title=Negerpynten – Svalbard

| publisher=[[Norwegian Polar Institute]]

| accessdate=24 October 2023

}}</ref>

<ref name="Negro_Point">{{cite web

| url=https://stadnamn.npolar.no/Negro_Point/Svalbard/

| title=Negro Point – Svalbard

| publisher=[[Norwegian Polar Institute]]

| accessdate=24 October 2023

}}</ref>

<ref name="dagbladet">{{Cite web

| url=https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/polarinstituttet-vil-bevare-negerfjellet-negerpynten-og-negerdalen/60625233

| title=Polarinstituttet vil bevare Negerfjellet, Negerpynten og Negerdalen

| date=2015-07-28

| access-date=2023-10-24

| publisher=Dagbladet.no

| language=no

}}</ref>

<ref name="dagsavisen">{{Cite web

| url=https://www.dagsavisen.no/nyheter/innenriks/2023/05/12/polarinstituttet-endrer-tre-stedsnavn-pa-svalbard-etter-rasismeanklager/

| title=Polarinstituttet endrer tre stedsnavn på Svalbard etter rasismeanklager

| date=2023-05-12

| access-date=2023-10-24

| publisher=Dagsavisen

| language=no

}}</ref>

</references>