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Heerodden

Heerodden is a cape at the southern side of , on the eastern side of the outlet of , in Nordenskiöld Land on , . It is named after Swiss paleobotanist Oswald Heer. It is the site of .
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  • Type: Point
  • Description: headland in Spitsbergen, Svalbard
  • Also known as: “Austkap”, “Cape Heer”, and “Green Harbour Point”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Barentsburg Heliport.

Heliport
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, Heerodden is a private heliport located at Heerodden, serving the mining town of in , . The is owned and operated by Arktikugol, which also owns the company town.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Barentsburg.

Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the second-largest settlement in , , with about 300 inhabitants. A coal mining town, the settlement is almost entirely made up of Russian nationals.

Heerodden

Latitude
78.10279° or 78° 6′ 10″ north
Longitude
14.1702° or 14° 10′ 13″ east
Open location code
CFCP453C+43
Geo­Names ID
2730706
Wiki­data ID
Q11974626
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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

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Isbjørnodden and Gunnarvarden.

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Heerodden”. Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.