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Longyearbyen (Urban East Norwegian: [ˈlɔ̀ŋjɛrˌbyːən], [3] locally [ˈlɔ̀ŋjɑrˌbyːən], "Longyear Town") is the world's northernmost settlement with a population greater than 1,000, and the largest inhabited area of Svalbard, Norway.
Ny-Ålesund has a winter population of 35 and a summer population of 180. [53] Poland operates the Polish Polar Station at Hornsund, with ten permanent residents. [45] Barentsburg is the only remaining Russian settlement, after Pyramiden was abandoned in 1998. A company town, all facilities are owned by Arktikugol, which operates a coal mine.
Hornsund (Polish research station, population of 8) Longyearbyen (population of ≈2,000) Ny-Ålesund (population of 40) Sveagruva (population of 310, none living permanently) No roads link the settlements on the island; transportation includes boat, airplane, helicopter, and snowmobile. The gateway to Svalbard is Svalbard Airport, Longyearbyen.
An enlargeable topographic map of Svalbard. Geography of Svalbard. Svalbard is: an archipelago and area of limited sovereignty of Norway; Location: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere. Europe. Northern Europe; Arctic Ocean; Time zone: Central European Time , Central European Summer Time ; Extreme points of Svalbard
Just below this settlement at 78.12° N is Svalbard's primary city, Longyearbyen, which has a population of over 2,000. When occupied for a few weeks some years, the northernmost temporary settlement in the world is Camp Barneo, a Russian tourist attraction located near 88°11'00" N. As of 2022, it had not been occupied since 2018. [1]
Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Norwegian: Svalbard og Jan Mayen, ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: SJ, ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: SJM, ISO 3166-1 numeric: 744) is a statistical designation defined by ISO 3166-1 for a collective grouping of two remote jurisdictions of Norway: Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; GPX (all coordinates) ... Longyearbyen (4 C, 25 P) N. Ny-Ålesund (19 P) P. Pyramiden (4 P) S ...
The national population registry records only country of birth. [14] As of 2012, an official government study shows that 81.0% of the total population were ethnic Norwegians (born in Norway with two parents also born in Norway). [15] Ethnically, the residents of Norway are predominantly Norwegians, a North Germanic ethnic group.