Bellsund

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Bellsund, itself a reborrowing from Bell Sound, named by Jonas Poole because of a local bell-shaped mountain (now known as Klokkefjellet).

According to Soviet sources, named after a big ancient bell raised by a Pomor merchant Ivan Starostin (or his ancestors), although this bell was located in Starostin Cape area far away from Bellsund many years after Poole’s expedition.

Proper noun

Bellsund

1. A sound in Svalbard, Norway

Synonyms

• Clock Bay (obsolete, rare)