Sveagruva

Svalbard is a group of islands located between the Arctic Ocean, Barents Sea, Greenland Sea, and the Norwegian Sea. The area is sometimes referred to as Spitsbergen, the main island with all the settlements.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: human settlement in Svalbard
  • Also known as: “Svea gruva”, “Sveagruva Svalbard”, “Sveagruvan”, “Sveagruven”, “Sveakaivos”, and “Svenskstad”

Sveagruva

Latitude
77.89934° or 77° 53′ 58″ north
Longitude
16.72277° or 16° 43′ 22″ east
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
UN/LOCODE
SJ SVE
Open location code
CF9RVPXF+P4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5310240924
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2728377
Wiki­data ID
Q909089
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Urdu—“Sveagruva” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Sveagruva”
  • Bulgarian: “Свеагрюва”
  • Catalan: “Sveagruva”
  • Cebuano: “Sveagruva”
  • Chinese: “斯韦阿格鲁瓦”
  • Czech: “Sveagruva”
  • Danish: “Sveagruva”
  • Dutch: “Sveagruva”
  • Finnish: “Svea”
  • French: “Sveagruva”
  • German: “Svea”
  • Hebrew: “סבאגרובה”
  • Hungarian: “Sveagruva”
  • Irish: “Sveagruva”
  • Italian: “Svea”
  • Italian: “Sveagruva”
  • Japanese: “スヴェアグルヴァ”
  • Latvian: “Sveagruva”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sveagruva”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sveagruva”
  • Norwegian: “Sveagruva”
  • Polish: “Sveagruva”
  • Russian: “Свеагрува”
  • Spanish: “Sveagruva”
  • Swedish: “Svea, Svalbard”
  • Swedish: “Svea”
  • Ukrainian: “Свеагрува”
  • Urdu: “سویاگرووا”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Sentralbassenget and Dammyra.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Liljevalchfjellet and Deinbolltoppane.

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Worth a closer look: Longyearbyen and Bear Island.

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