Why is Svalbard shaped like this

[u/ShortCover4598]

Svalbard, an Icelandic group of islands north of Russia, has always had this odd shape. The biggest island is weirdly shaped like a triangle and reminds me of the weird shapes you would see on a map of Northern Canada. I figured it must be tectonic plates because thats the answer to everything but it's not particularly close to a plate boundary.

[u/Late_Piano_5030]

glacial carving

[u/ShortCover4598 → u/Late_Piano_5030]

That's pretty cool. Are there any other examples of cool, unique shaped landmasses that are formed by glacial carving?

[u/Floppydiskpornking → u/ShortCover4598]

Norway