Hopen (Noodle Island)

Hopen, or Noodle Island (Easwegian: Marnoudel) is an island and former municipality of Easway.

Following the annexation of The Pomor's Isles, Hopen was merged into the Pomor-Hopen Isles municipality, and then following annexation of Marnaavi, it was further merged into the Pomor's Strait municipality.

Name
The name Hopen comes from Thomas Marmaduke of Kingston Upon Hull, England who officially was the second person to discover Hopen in 1613, after Jan Cornelisz Rijp, a Dutch explorer discovered it in 1596. Marmaduke named the Island after his former command, the Hopewell, which was then shortened to just Hopen.

The nickname "Noodle Island" comes from the Island's long, thin and twisty shape.