Svalbard (/ˈsvɑːlbɑːr(d)/ SVAHL-bar(d), Urban East Norwegian: [ˈsvɑ̂ːɫbɑr]), previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago... 102 KB (9,694 words) - 14:29, 19 April 2024 |
Longyearbyen (redirect from Capital of Svalbard) with a population greater than 1,000, and the largest inhabited area of Svalbard, Norway. It stretches along the foot of the left bank of the Longyear Valley... 79 KB (7,237 words) - 16:38, 31 March 2024 |
Svalbard Turn is a sports club based in Longyearbyen, Norway. The club was founded on 6 September 1930, with gymnastics as its main activity. Today, the... 3 KB (188 words) - 15:01, 13 April 2024 |
Spitsbergen (redirect from Name of Svalbard) Spitzbergen) is the largest and the only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway. Constituting the westernmost bulk of the... 50 KB (5,270 words) - 19:08, 20 April 2024 |
Svalbard Airport (Norwegian: Svalbard lufthavn; IATA: LYR, ICAO: ENSB) is the main airport serving Svalbard in Norway. It is 5 km (3.1 mi) northwest of... 23 KB (2,330 words) - 16:08, 7 April 2024 |
Svalbard may refer to: Svalbard, an archipelago in the Arctic, part of Norway. Svalbarðshreppur, an Icelandic municipality Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur, an... 875 bytes (127 words) - 15:19, 16 January 2024 |
NoCGV Svalbard (W303) is a Norwegian Coast Guard icebreaker and offshore patrol vessel constructed by Langsten at Tangen Verft shipyard in Kragerø and... 12 KB (823 words) - 05:08, 16 November 2023 |
Svalbard are a British post-hardcore band from Bristol, England. Formed in 2011 by co-lead vocalists and guitarists Serena Cherry and Liam Phelan with... 54 KB (3,541 words) - 12:18, 26 April 2024 |
The Svalbard Treaty (originally the Spitsbergen Treaty) recognises the sovereignty of Norway over the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, at the time called... 25 KB (1,857 words) - 04:54, 22 April 2024 |
Rock ptarmigan (redirect from Svalbard Ptarmigan) helvetica (Thienemann, 1829) - Alps L. m. hyperborea (Sundevall, 1845) - Svalbard (Norway) and Franz Josef Land (Russia) L. m. islandorum (Faber, 1822) -... 25 KB (2,670 words) - 18:02, 11 April 2024 |
Isfjorden is the second longest fjord in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. It lies on the west side of Spitsbergen, an island in the Arctic Ocean... 3 KB (293 words) - 22:33, 25 September 2023 |
The economy of Svalbard is dominated by coal mining, tourism and research. In 2007, there were 484 people working in the mining sector, 211 people working... 15 KB (1,764 words) - 18:51, 29 June 2023 |
Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. The climate of Svalbard is principally a result of its latitude, which is between 74° and 81°... 29 KB (3,376 words) - 17:37, 13 December 2023 |
The Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) is a small subspecies or species of reindeer found on the Svalbard archipelago of Norway. Males... 15 KB (1,643 words) - 15:55, 1 April 2024 |
The polar archipelago of Svalbard was first discovered by Willem Barentsz in 1596, although there is disputed evidence of use by Pomors or Norsemen. Whaling... 35 KB (4,158 words) - 21:29, 7 November 2023 |
Uniquely, the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, located in the High Arctic, is an entirely visa-free zone. However, travelers who have a visa requirement... 6 KB (597 words) - 02:52, 6 April 2024 |
Svalbard Church (Norwegian: Svalbard kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Svalbard municipality in Norway. It is located in the village... 5 KB (374 words) - 15:06, 10 January 2022 |
Svalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean roughly centered on 78° north latitude and 20° east longitude. It constitutes the northernmost territory... 12 KB (1,172 words) - 10:29, 8 February 2024 |
Svalbard Bryggeri is a microbrewery in Longyearbyen at the island of Spitsbergen, the archipelago of Svalbard, Norway. Svalbard Bryggeri at 78° North... 3 KB (208 words) - 13:34, 18 December 2022 |
material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "List of settlements in Svalbard and Jan Mayen" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (July 2017)... 816 bytes (36 words) - 12:10, 10 November 2023 |
Norwegian Polar Institute (redirect from Norges Svalbard og Ishavsundersøkelser) cultural heritage sites on the islands of Svalbard and Jan Mayen through the project Environmental Monitoring of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (MOSJ). Topographic mapping... 12 KB (908 words) - 14:27, 8 January 2024 |
The 2011 Svalbard polar bear attack was an attack by a presumed starving polar bear on a group of university students and their guides. The bear killed... 6 KB (611 words) - 06:21, 30 March 2024 |
List of banks in Norway (redirect from List of banks in Svalbard) This contains a list of banks in Norway. There are three types of banks in Norway: commercial banks, savings banks (Norwegian: Sparebank) and branches... 14 KB (37 words) - 18:48, 4 April 2024 |
Ny-Ålesund (redirect from Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard) Ålesund") is a small town in Oscar II Land on the island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway. It is situated on the Brøgger peninsula (Brøggerhalvøya) and on... 41 KB (3,710 words) - 09:19, 15 April 2024 |