Hotellneset
Hotellneset is a peninsula 1 to 2 kilometres north-west of Longyearbyen in Svalbard, Norway, sticking out into Adventfjorden. It is the location of Svalbard Airport, Longyear and the port for shipping of coal from Longyearbyen.- Type: Peninsula
- Description: peninsula in Svalbard, Norway
- Also known as: “Hotel Ness” and “Hotelneset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Svalbard Airport, Longyear and Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
Svalbard Airport, Longyear
Aerodrome
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY 3.0.
Svalbard Airport is the main airport serving Svalbard in Norway. It is 5 km northwest of Longyearbyen on the west coast, and is the northernmost airport in the world with scheduled public flights.
Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Warehouse
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The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is a secure backup facility for the world's crop diversity on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen in the remote Arctic Svalbard archipelago.
Svalbard Satellite Station
Research institute
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Svalbard Satellite Station or SvalSat is a satellite ground station located on Platåberget near Longyearbyen in Svalbard, Norway. Opened in 1997, it is operated by Kongsberg Satellite Services, a joint venture between Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and the Norwegian Space Centre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Longyearbyen and Nybyen.
Longyearbyen
Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Longyearbyen, is the largest populated area, and capital of the Norwegian region of Svalbard. The settlement is generally regarded as the northernmost town in the world as well as the most easily accessed frontier in the Arctic, and is an ideal base for the greater exploration of Svalbard and the high Arctic.
Nybyen
Suburb
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Nybyen is a small settlement located on the southern outskirts of Longyearbyen, on the island of Spitsbergen, in the Svalbard archipelago of Norway. The name is Norwegian and translates as The New Town. Nybyen is situated 6 km southeast of Hotellneset.
Hotellneset
- Category: landform
- Location: Svalbard, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Hotellneset from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Swedish—“Hotellneset” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Hotellneset yarımadası”
- Bulgarian: “Хотелнесет”
- Catalan: “Hotellneset”
- Cebuano: “Hotellneset”
- Danish: “Hotellneset”
- Dutch: “Hotellneset”
- Finnish: “Hotellneset”
- French: “Hotellneset”
- Japanese: “ホテルネセト”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hotellneset”
- Norwegian: “Hotellneset”
- Russian: “Хотеллнесет”
- Swedish: “Hotellneset”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Vestpynten and Adventpynten.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Jermakstøtta and Platåberget.
Svalbard: Must-Visit Destinations
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