Amsterdam Island (Spitsbergen)

It is separated from Danes Island by the strait Danskegattet.

Its highest point is Hiertabreen, at 472 meters above sea level.

The percentage of the island covered in ice is 11.5%.

The Dutch first occupied it in 1614 (the year in which it was probably named), building a temporary whaling station on the island's southeastern promontory.

It came to be called Smeerenburg (Dutch for "Blubber Town").

Amsterdam Island is located off Spitsbergen's northwestern coast.
17th-century Dutch map of "Amsterdammer Eyland".