Kongsfjorden

Kongsfjorden is an inlet on the west coast of , an island which is part of the archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. The inlet is 26 km long and ranges in width from 6 to 14 km.
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Photo: Sphinx, Public domain.
  • Type: Bay
  • Description: fjord in Svalbard
  • Also known as: “Baie aux Anglois”, “Baie du Roi”, “Baye Anglaise”, “Dear Sound”, “Deere-Sound”, “Dere Sound”, “Engelsche Bay”, “Engelse baay”, “Kar Soudt”, “Karls Sound”, “Kars Sond”, “Konge-Bugten”, “Kongs-Bugten”, “Königs-bay”, “Königsbucht”, “Koningsbaai”, “Koningsbaij”, “Koninks Bay”, “Kralove Zátoce”, “Port du Gars”, “Renntier-Sund”, “Whales Bay”, and “Zaliv Karolevsky”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben and Old Telegraph Building, Ny-Ålesund.

Aerodrome
Photo: Rerun van Pelt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an airport serving the research community of in , . The airport is owned by Kings Bay, who also owns the company town.

Museum
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a museum.

Hotel
Photo: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ny-Ålesund and Corbel Station.

Photo: Superchilum, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an unincorporated settlement in in the west of the island of in . It is situated on the Brøgger peninsula and on the shore of the bay of Kongsfjorden.

Hamlet
Photo: Superchilum, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The AWIPEV Arctic Research Station is located in the arctic, on the archipelago of Norway. The station is part of the research base of , owned and managed by Kings Bay AS.

Kongsfjorden

Latitude
78.94835° or 78° 56′ 54″ north
Longitude
11.93075° or 11° 55′ 51″ east
Open location code
CFCHWWXJ+87
Open­Street­Map ID
node 276427422
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
2730230
Wiki­data ID
Q2012734
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Satellite Map

Discover Kongsfjorden from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Kongsfjorden” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Kongsfjorden”
  • Azerbaijani: “Konqsfiord”
  • Basque: “Kongsfjorden”
  • Cebuano: “Kongsfjorden (fyord)”
  • Cebuano: “Kongsfjorden”
  • Danish: “Kongsfjorden”
  • Dutch: “Kongsfjord”
  • Finnish: “Kongsfjorden”
  • French: “Kongsfjorden”
  • German: “Kongsfjord”
  • Italian: “Baia del Re”
  • Latvian: “Kongsfjords”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kongsfjorden”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kongsfjorden på Svalbard”
  • Norwegian: “Kongsfjorden”
  • Persian: “کونگزفیوردن”
  • Russian: “Конгс-фьорд”
  • Russian: “Конгсфьорд”
  • Swedish: “Kings Bay”
  • Swedish: “Kongsfjorden”
  • Ukrainian: “Конгсфіорд”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Solvatnet and Museet.

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