neologisms 24/11/11

Alaskan:
1) útvestrænn, (ultraoccidental)
2) andeldlensk (anti-firelandish)
3) Axlarfylkis- (shoulderstate-), Axlverskur
4) frá ystrænu fylkinu


Aleutian islands:
1) kyrrahafsdjásn, Djásneyjar, Elddjásn (The diadem of the pacific or simply 'diadem islands'. The word djásn suggest a region up north, since it is a head dress. The only islands applying to this description are the Aleutian islands.)
2) Axlareyjar (islands at the shoulders of the world, the Russian chukchi region and Alaska)

Aleutian (people): Axleyjingar, Ystræningar, Djásneyjingur

Bering sea:
1) Ystrænt haf ("ystrænn" can be a pun on "vestrænn" and "austrænn' and combines the western- and easternmost (útvestrænn and útaustrænn) areas in the world)
2) Axlarhaf
3) Miðnætturhaf (because the "date line" runs through the strait and if you extrapolate morgunlönd (Asia) and kvöldlönd (Europe, America), the Bering area is the land of 'midnight').

Bering strait:
1) Ystrænt sund (combines útvestrænn and útaustrænn)
2) Ísnjörvasund (The toponym Njörvasund (strait of Gibraltar) is used here in the figurative sense of "small strait between two continents" (only the strait of gibraltar and the Bering strait apply), so we can make the distinction by adding 'ís-', referring to the arctic ocean (Íshaf) and the drift ice in the strait)
3) Axlarsund (strait at the shoulders of the world)

Commander islands: Ystrússnesk eyjar (The outer (east or west) russian islands, the westernmost extension of the Aleutian Islands (islands at the shoulders of the world. They were named after Commander Vitus Bering, who died on one of the islands)

Calypso deep (Ionian sea): Klyfsudýpi

Guinea, Gulf of: Miðbaugsflói (the only gulf on the equator)

Hudson (in geographical names): Huddsynskur, Hyddings- (Huddsynskur flói (Hudson bay), Huddsynskt sund (Hudson strait), Hyddingsfljót (the surname Hudson derives from 'son of Huddi', which is a pet-form of either Hugh or Richard, instead of Huddasýnskur, the first element is kept monosyllabic (Hudd-) for reasons of sound-similarity. The construction Hyddingar is based on an Old Icelandic formation of family names by adding -ingar to the personal name of an ancestor. In the case of 'Hudde', it would be Hyddingar and the singular form Hyddingur is born by an individual belonging to that family.

Ochotsk, sea of: Ystgerskt innhaf (Ystgerskur: easternmost Russian, because yst- rhymes with aust-)