page_title: Frisland
hierarchical_section_title: Frisland
caption_attribution_description: The imaginary island of Frisland on Mercator's arctic map
context_page_description: Frisland, also called Frischlant, Friesland, Frislanda, Frislandia, or Fixland, is a phantom island that appeared on virtually all of the maps of the North Atlantic from the 1560s through the 1660s.
context_section_description: Frisland, also called Frischlant, Friesland, Frislanda, Frislandia, or Fixland, is a phantom island that appeared on virtually all of the maps of the North Atlantic from the 1560s through the 1660s.
caption: Frisland detail from Mercator's 1623 Arctic map
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