Freden Wilhelm-Eno-Adolf 
(1822-1894)

German specialist in marine business.

Born in Norden, Germany. He studied mathematics and science in Bonn and Göttingen. 
He was the rector of the navigation school in Elfslet, Germany. From 1867 to 1875 supervised the marine observatory he founded in Hamburg. In 1871 he was elected to the Reichstag, where he joined the party of national liberals. 
The works of Freden relate to practical navigation, oceanography, meteorology, shipping statistics, storm warnings. Published a number of scientific journals. 
The island in the group of the Islands of White Earth archipelago Franz Josef Land. It was first discovered and named by Yu. Payer in 1874. First it visited by F. Nansen and F. Ya. Johansen, who retained its name.

Cape (Kapp Freeden) on the west side of the southern part of the Hinlopen Strait, Svalbard. The coordinates are 79° 00'N   19° 30'E.