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Løvøya, Telemark

Coordinates: 59°03′39″N 9°44′26″E / 59.0609°N 9.74063°E / 59.0609; 9.74063
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Løvøya
Løvøya seen together with other islands outside Porsgrunn
Løvøya is located in Telemark
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Løvøya
Location of the island
Løvøya is located in Norway
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Løvøya (Norway)
Geography
LocationPorsgrunn, Norway
Coordinates59°03′39″N 9°44′26″E / 59.0609°N 9.74063°E / 59.0609; 9.74063
Area0.25 km2 (0.097 sq mi)
Length1.3 km (0.81 mi)
Width240 m (790 ft)
Administration
Norway
CountyTelemark
MunicipalityPorsgrunn Municipality

Løvøya is an island in Porsgrunn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The 0.25-square-kilometre (62-acre) island is located in the Ormerfjorden, just east of the island of Sandøya, and about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east of the town of Brevik.

Geology

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In 1828, Morten Thrane Esmark found a black mineral on the island. He sent it to Swedish chemist Jöns Jakob Berzelius for examination for further analysis. Berzelius determined that it contained a new element, which he named thorium after Thor, the Norse god of thunder.[1][2][3]

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References

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  1. ^ Weeks, Mary Elvira (1932). "The discovery of the elements. XI. Some elements isolated with the aid of potassium and sodium: Zirconium, titanium, cerium, and thorium". Journal of Chemical Education. 9 (7): 1231. Bibcode:1932JChEd...9.1231W. doi:10.1021/ed009p1231.
  2. ^ Berzelius, J. J. (1829). "Untersuchung eines neues Minerals und einer darin erhalten zuvor unbekannten Erde (Investigation of a new mineral and of a previously unknown earth contained therein)". Annalen der Physik und Chemie. 16 (7): 385–415. Bibcode:1829AnP....92..385B. doi:10.1002/andp.18290920702.
  3. ^ Marshall, J.L.; Marshall, V.R. (2001). "Rediscovery of the Elements- Thorium-Løvøya, Langesundsfjord, Norway" (PDF). The Hexagon. 93: 70–73. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2005.