Spitsbergen (Urban East Norwegian: [ˈspɪ̀tsˌbærɡn̩]; formerly known as West Spitsbergen; Norwegian: Vest Spitsbergen or Vestspitsbergen [ˈvɛ̂stˌspɪtsbærɡn̩]...
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Svalbard Treaty (redirect from Spitsbergen Treaty)
(originally the Spitsbergen Treaty) recognises the sovereignty of Norway over the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, at the time called Spitsbergen. The exercise...
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SVAHL-bar(d), Urban East Norwegian: [ˈsvɑ̂ːɫbɑr]), previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. North...
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Svalbard Bryggeri (redirect from Spitsbergen beer)
Longyearbyen. Spitsbergen IPA Spitsbergen Pale ale Spitsbergen Pilsner Spitsbergen Stout Spitsbergen Weißbier Spitsbergen Rav Lager Spitsbergen Blonde Svalbard...
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Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani (SNSK), or simply Store Norske, is a Norwegian coal mining company based on the Svalbard archipelago. It was formed...
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The Spitsbergen Airship Museum (Luftskipsmuseet på Spitsbergen) is a museum located on the island of Spitsbergen in Longyearbyen, the capital of the Arctic...
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Adventfjorden, the short estuary leading into Isfjorden on the west coast of Spitsbergen, the island's broadest inlet. As of 2002 Longyearbyen Community Council...
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square kilometres (23,561 sq mi) and there were 2,572 residents in 2009. Spitsbergen is the largest island, followed by Nordaustlandet and Edgeøya. The administrative...
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Dicksonfjorden (category Fjords of Spitsbergen)
Dicksonfjorden is a fjord branch of Isfjorden at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is located between James I Land and Dickson Land, and is named after Swedish...
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Union in 1927. It lies at the foot of the Billefjorden on the island of Spitsbergen and is named after the pyramid-shaped mountain with the same name adjacent...
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Transocean (redirect from Aker Spitsbergen)
Transocean Ltd. is an American drilling company. It is the world's largest offshore drilling contractor based on revenue and is based in Vernier, Switzerland...
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The West Spitsbergen Current (WSC) is a warm, salty current that runs poleward just west of Spitsbergen, (formerly called West Spitsbergen), in the Arctic...
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of which is glaciated, Nordvest-Spitsbergen National Park (Norway), covering the northwestern portion of Spitsbergen island. Nordre Isfjorden National...
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(Norwegian: Amsterdamøya) is a small island off the northwest coast of West-Spitsbergen. It is separated from Danes Island by the strait Danskegattet. Its total...
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Camp Morton, Svalbard (redirect from Camp Douglas, Spitsbergen)
Morton (also known as Camp Douglas) was a coal mining encampment on Spitsbergen island in the Svalbard archipelago, Norway. It was located on the northern...
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Stanisław Baranowski Spitsbergen Polar Station or Stanisław Baranowski Glaciologjcal Station (Polish: Stacja Polarna im. Stanisława Baranowskiego na Spitsbergenie...
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History of whaling (section Greenland and Spitsbergen)
populations, and perhaps the opening up of the Spitsbergen fishery in 1611. The first voyages to Spitsbergen by the English, Dutch, and Danish relied on...
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Company of London who had made two prior voyages to Spitsbergen (1610–11). Upon reaching Spitsbergen they discovered such an abundance of whales "that for...
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Evangelical-Lutheran religion was the public religion of the State. The Spitsbergen Treaty (also known as the Svalbard Treaty) of 9 February 1920 recognises...
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reported to have left. Rijpsburg, a now abandoned Dutch settlement on Spitsbergen on Cape Boheman (Bohemanflya), at the north site of Nordfjorden in the...
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an expedition with the initial goal of establishing mineral claims on Spitsbergen, but later expanded to include investigating the Northeast Passage. They...
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largest uninhabited islands, and Kotelny Island, Alexandra Land, and Spitsbergen are the least-densely populated. Eurasia has been the host of many ancient...
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Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on Spitsbergen, an island in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, killing all 141...
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28 August 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2023. "The Week in Chess 617, Spitsbergen Festival". Theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 28 January 2024. "The Week in...
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July 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2010. "Pass control in Longyearbyen". Spitsbergen-svalbard.net. Retrieved 12 October 2013. "Entry and residence". Archived...
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Norwegian Tax Administration. Retrieved 4 April 2024. "Spitsbergen: a tax oasis?". www.spitsbergen-svalbard.com. Rolf Stange. 15 February 2011. Retrieved...
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backup facility for the world's crop diversity on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen in the remote Arctic Svalbard archipelago. The Seed Vault provides long-term...
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related topics see also Svalbard (disambiguation). It can also refer to: Spitsbergen, the largest island of the Svalbard Montes Spitzbergen, a solitary mountain...
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limits of the Norwegian and Barents seas, approximately halfway between Spitsbergen and the North Cape. Bear Island was discovered by Dutch explorers Willem...
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