Qvale Island

Qvale Island (Qvaleøya, in older sources Onale Island ) is one of the Rønnbeck Islands in the Svalbard archipelago. It lies northeast of Cape Weyprecht on Spitsbergen. The island is a low basalt cliff and its highest point is only 16 m above sea level. The closest neighboring islands are Carlsen Island about 350 m to the east and Skipper Island about 2.4 km to the west. The wildlife consists largely of polar bears.

The island is named after Per Pedersen Qvale (a.k.a. Kvale, 1822–1912), a Norwegian seal hunter born in Kinsarvik.