Bear Island

Bear Island is an island in , and has about 9 residents. Bear Island is situated nearby to the hamlet .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bear Island and Tunheim.

Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, Norwegian Bjørnøya, is an islet in the Arctic Ocean, between and . The island has no permanent population, except some meteorology crew.

Hamlet
is an abandoned coal mining village on Bear Island, , Norway. It lies in the northeast of the Island, a few kilometers east of the Bjørnøya Radio Station, and directly adjacent to Kapp Bergersen. is situated 6 km northeast of Bear Island.

Bear Island

  • Type: Island
  • Also known as: “’t Viercandt Eyelandt”, “Bæren Eiland”, “Bæren Ø”, “Bähren Island”, “Bären Insel”, “Beare Island”, “Beeren Eylandt”, “Beernland”, “Beren Eylant”, “Bern Land”, “Berneiland”, “Bernt Eiland”, “Bernt Øyland”, “Beyren Eylandt”, “Bjerne”, “Bjorn Island”, “Bjørn-Øen”, “Bjornaya”, “Bjørne-Øen”, “Bjørnøi”, “Bjornoya”, “Cherie-Iland”, “Cherry Island”, “Chirri Ilant”, “Isle des Oiseaux”, “Isle des Ours”, “Isola dell’ Orso”, “Karhusaari”, “l’Isola de gli Orsi”, “Le Beren Eylandt”, “Medvežnago Ostrova”, “Nebel-Insel”, “Paese di Bern”, “T’ Veere Eylandt”, “Ursi Insula”, “Ursorum Insulam”, “Verre Eiland”, and “Ysle Tueere”
  • Category: landform
  • Location: , , , ,
  • View on Open­Street­Map
Latitude
74.44762° or 74° 26′ 51″ north
Longitude
19.04019° or 19° 2′ 25″ east
Population
9
Elevation
88 metres (289 feet)
Open location code
CF6XC2XR+23
Geo­Names ID
2731865
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Satellite Map

Discover Bear Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Norwegian to Russian—“Bear Island” goes by many names.
  • Norwegian: “Bjørnøya”
  • Pushto: “يږ ټاپو”
  • Russian: “Медвежий (архипелаг Шпицберген)”

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