Rijp Prefecture

The Rijp Prefecture is a Prefecture of Easway located on Southern Hopen Island and serves as the capital of the Pomor's Strait municipality. To its North, Rijp borders the New Barentsburg Prefecture. The Prefecture was created on May 29th 2020, then just known as "the Southern District", with its name Rijp made official on August 3rd 2021.

Name
The name Rijp comes from Jan Cornelisz Rijp, who is accredited as the first official discoverer of the Island in 1596, although there is debate whether the Pomors; one of the Easwegian people's ancestors discovered it before this date. That being said, Jan Rijp is officially recorded as first spotting this Island.