Heerodden
Heerodden is a cape at the southern side of Isfjorden, on the eastern side of the outlet of Grønfjorden, in Nordenskiöld Land on Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is named after Swiss paleobotanist Oswald Heer. It is the site of Barentsburg Heliport, Heerodden.Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Point
- Description: headland in Spitsbergen, Svalbard
- Also known as: “Austkap”, “Cape Heer”, and “Green Harbour Point”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Barentsburg Heliport.
Barentsburg Heliport
Heliport
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Barentsburg Heliport, Heerodden is a private heliport located at Heerodden, serving the mining town of Barentsburg in Svalbard, Norway. The airport is owned and operated by Arktikugol, which also owns the company town.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barentsburg.
Barentsburg
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Barentsburg is a pint-sized but fascinating open-air museum of the Soviet Union in Svalbard, where 300 hardy coal miners continue to work in one of the most northernmost settlements on Earth.
Heerodden
- Category: landform
- Location: Svalbard, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Pushto—“Heerodden” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Хероден”
- Cebuano: “Heerodden”
- Danish: “Heerodden”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cap Heer”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Heer-odden”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Heerodden”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kap Heer”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kapp Heer”
- Norwegian: “Heerodden”
- Pushto: “هروددن”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Nordenskiöldkysten and Vestpynten.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Isbjørnodden and Gunnarvarden.
Svalbard: Must-Visit Destinations
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