Colesdalen
Colesdalen is a valley in Nordenskiöld Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The valley debouches into the bay Colesbukta, at the southern side of Isfjorden. Colesdalen is located north of the Nordenskiöld Land National Park, but not included in the park, due to mining interests.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Valley with an elevation of 18 metres
- Description: valley in Svalbard, Norway
- Also known as: “Coal Bay Valley” and “Coles Park”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Colesbukta.
Colesbukta
Hamlet
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Colesbukta is a bay at the southern side of Isfjorden, in Nordenskiöld Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The bay is about 4.5 kilometers wide. A railway for coal transport was earlier operated between Grumantbyen and shipment facilities in Colesbukta. Colesbukta is situated 6 km northwest of Colesdalen.
Colesdalen
- Category: landform
- Location: Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Norwegian Bokmål—“Colesdalen” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Colesdalen”
- Dutch: “Oegolnaja Boechta”
- French: “Vallée de Colesdalen”
- Irish: “Colesdalen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Colesdalen”
- Norwegian: “Colesdalen”
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