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Barentsburg in the region of Svalbard with its 576 habitants is a town located in Svalbard and Jan Mayen - some 23 mi or ( 37 km ) South-West of Longyearbyen , the country's capital .
Local time in Barentsburg is now 06:51 PM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Arctic/Longyearbyen " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: and Longyearbyen. When in this area, you might want to check out Longyearbyen . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Barentsburg ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Баренцбург 78 ° северной широты - Barentsburg 78° Nord
www.flickr.com Баренцбург - русское поселение добыче угля на Шпицбергене - Barentsburg - Russische Kohlebergbausiedlung auf Spitzbergen - Russian coal mining settlement on Spitsbergen ..
Barentsburgh
Barentsburg (Russian: Баренцбург) is the second largest settlement on Svalbard, with about 400 inhabitants, almost entirely Russians and Ukrainians. The Russian-owned Arktikugol has been mining coal h ..
Spitzbergen Journey
My journey with the cargo vessel M/S Norbjørn, Tromsø - Bjørnøya - Longyearbyen - Ny Aalesund - Tromsø, august 2009. ..
Spitsbergen; Midnight sun reindeer hunting.
The Svalbard reindeer is a small subspecies of Rangifer tarandus. Males are significantly larger than females and have larger antlers. Males weigh approximately 65 kg in spring and 90 kg in autumn, wh ..
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Barentsburg
Barentsburg is the second largest settlement on Svalbard, with about 500 inhabitants (2007), almost entirely Russians and Ukrainians. The Russian-owned Arktikugol has been mining coal here since 1932.
Located at 78.07 14.22 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Grønfjorden
Grønfjorden is a 16km long fjord, separated from Isfjorden to the north by Festningsodden in the west and Heerodden in the east. It lies within the western portion of Nordenskiöld Land. On its eastern shore is the mining community of Barentsburg, the second largest settlement on Spitsbergen.
Located at 78.05 14.18 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Finneset
Finneset is a peninsula located on the east side of Grønfjorden on Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway. It is located 2 kilometers south of Barentsburg. A whaling station was located there until 1905. From 1911 it became the site of the first wireless station in the Arctic, named Svalbard Radio from 19 September 1925. It was also a meteorological station operated by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. Both services moved to Longyearbyen on 1 September 1930.
Located at 78.03 14.23 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Svalbard Radio
Svalbard Radio is a coast radio station established in 1911 at Finneset in Svalbard, Norway. In 1930, it moved to Skjæringa in Longyearbyen and since 1975 it has been co-located with Svalbard Airport, Longyear. It has been remote-controlled from Bodø Radio since 2006.
Located at 78.03 14.23 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
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Information of geographic nature is based on public data provided by geonames.org, CIA world facts book, Unesco, DBpedia and wikipedia. Weather is based on NOAA GFS.