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Spitzbergen

noun
1.
Islands in the Svalbard archipelago to the east of northern Greenland; belonging to Norway.  Synonym: Spitsbergen.






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... to me by the latter.[V-6] The Taxodium, which everywhere abounds in the miocene formations in Europe, has been specifically identified, first by Goeppert, then by Heer, with our common cypress of the Southern States. It has been found fossil in Spitzbergen, Greenland, and Alaska—in the latter country along with the remains of another form, distinguishable, but very like the common species; and this has been identified by Lesquereux in the miocene of the Rocky Mountains. ...
— Darwiniana - Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism • Asa Gray



Words linked to "Spitzbergen" :   Spitsbergen, Svalbard, island



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