Bellsund

Bellsund is a 20-kilometer (12 mi) long sound on the west coast of Spitsbergen, part of the Svalbard archipelago of Norway.

In 1615 the Dutch built the first semi-permanent whaling station in Spitsbergen at the mouth of Schoonhoven (Recherche Fjord), on the south side of Bellsund.

Here they were found by the heavily armed flagship of the London whaling fleet, the Hercules, under admiral William Goodlad.

A two-hour battle ensued, resulting in defeat for the Hull and York fleet and their expulsion from Spitsbergen.

[5] Hull continued to send whaling vessels to occupy this station for the next 25 years, while the English as a whole probably resorted to Bellsund at least until the late 1650s.