Grønfjorden
Grønfjorden is a 16 km long fjord in Svalbard, Norway separated from Isfjorden to the north by Festningsodden in the west and Heerodden in the east. It lies within the western portion of Nordenskiöld Land.- Type: Bay
- Description: fjord in Svalbard
- Also known as: “Arbre Vert”, “Green Bay”, “Green Harbour”, “Green Harbour Fjord”, “Green-Harbour-Lahti”, “Green-Haven”, “Greene Harboure”, “Greene-Harborough”, “Gren Arbor”, “Grenharbor”, “Grin Garbur”, “Grinharbor”, “Groene Herberg”, “Groene Herbergh”, “Gronfjorden”, “Grønharberg”, “Grønne Herberg”, “Grønnehavn”, “Grüner Hafen”, “Havre Vert”, “Port Vert”, “Porto di Grouen”, “Zelenaja Gavan”, and “Zelený Prístav”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Barentsburg kullkraftverk.
Barentsburg kullkraftverk
Industrial building
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Barentsburg kullkraftverk is an industrial building.
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.
Grønfjorden
- Categories: fjord and body of water
- Location: Svalbard, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
78.03394° or 78° 2′ 2″ northLongitude
14.13431° or 14° 8′ 4″ eastOpen location code
CFCP24MM+HPOpenStreetMap ID
way 654897189OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
2730868Wikidata ID
Q4569877
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Satellite Map
Discover Grønfjorden from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Grønfjorden” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Grønfjorden”
- Danish: “Grønfjorden”
- Dutch: “Grønfjorden”
- French: “Grønfjorden”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Grønfjorden”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grønfjorden på Svalbard”
- Norwegian: “Grønfjorden”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Colesbukta and Camp Bell.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include berth with terminal for coal loading and Hospital.
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