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See also:JAN See also:MAYEN , an See also:arctic See also:island between See also:Greenland and the See also:north of See also:Norway, about 71° N. 8° W. It is 34 M. See also:long and 9 in greatest breadth, and is divided into two parts by a narrow See also:isthmus. The island is of volcanic formation and mountainous, the highest See also:summit being Beerenberg in the north (8350 ft.). Volcanic eruptions have been observed. Glaciers are fully See also:developed. See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Hudson discovered the island in 1607 and called it Hudson's Tutches or Touches. Thereafter it was several times observed by navigators who successively claimed its See also:discovery and renamed it. Thus, in 1611 or the following See also:year whalers from See also:Hull named it Trinity Island; in 1612 See also:Jean Vrolicq, a See also:French whaler, called it Ile de See also:Richelieu; and in 1614 See also:Joris Carolus named one of its promontories Jan Meys Hoek after the See also:captain of one of his See also:ships. The See also:present name of the island is derived from this, the claim of its discovery by a Dutch navigator, Jan Mayen, in 1611, being unsupportable. The island is not permanently inhabited, but has been frequently visited by explorers, sealers and whalers; and an See also:Austrian station for scientific observations was maintained here for a year in 1882–1883. During this See also:period a mean temperature of 27.8° F. was recorded.
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