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Jan Mayen

Olonkinbyen

Olonkinbyen is the only settlement on the of . It was named after Russian-Norwegian explorer Gennady Olonkin, who participated in Arctic expeditions and served on Jan Mayen during several periods between 1928 and 1936.
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  • Type: Hamlet with 18 residents
  • Description: settlement in Jan Mayen municipality, Norway
  • Also known as: “Olonkin City” and “Olonkin City/Town”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jan Mayensfield.

Aerodrome
is an aerodrome serving Olonkinbyen in , . Operated by the Norwegian Armed Forces, it serves the island's only population at the combined military and meteorological station. is situated 3½ km northeast of Olonkinbyen.

Olonkinbyen

Latitude
70.92245° or 70° 55′ 21″ north
Longitude
-8.71599° or 8° 42′ 58″ west
Population
18
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
CC2HW7CM+XJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 617035559
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
7535941
Wiki­data ID
Q257014
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Olonkinbyen” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Olonkinbyen”
  • Arabic: “أولونكينبين”
  • Armenian: “Օլոնկինբուեն”
  • Asturian: “Olonkinbyen”
  • Azerbaijani: “Olonkinbyuen”
  • Bulgarian: “Олонкинбюен”
  • Catalan: “Olonkinbyen”
  • Chinese: “奥伦金拜恩”
  • Chinese: “奥隆金比恩”
  • Chinese: “奧倫金拜恩”
  • Czech: “Olonkinbyen”
  • Danish: “Olonkinbyen”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Olonkinbyen”
  • Dutch: “Olonkin Stad”
  • Dutch: “Olonkinbyen”
  • Dutch: “Olonkinstad”
  • French: “Olonkinbyen”
  • German: “Olonkinbyen”
  • Hebrew: “אולוקינביין”
  • Indonesian: “Olonkinbyen”
  • Irish: “Olonkinbyen”
  • Italian: “Olonkinbyen”
  • Japanese: “オロンキンビエン”
  • Latvian: “Olonkinbīene”
  • Lithuanian: “Olonkinbienas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Olonkinbyen”
  • Macedonian: “Олонкинбиен”
  • Manx: “Olonkinbyen”
  • Mazanderani: “الونکین‌بین”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Olonkinbyen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Olonkinbyen”
  • Norwegian: “Olonkinbyen”
  • Persian: “الونکین‌بین”
  • Polish: “Olonkinbyen”
  • Portuguese: “Olonkinbyen”
  • Russian: “Олонкинбюэн”
  • Slovak: “Olonkinbyen”
  • Spanish: “Olonkinbyen”
  • Swedish: “Olonkinbyen”
  • Turkish: “Olonkinbyen”
  • Ukrainian: “Олонкінбуен”
  • Urdu: “اولونکنبین”
  • Welsh: “Olonkinbyen”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Olonkinbyen”. Photo: Hgrobe, CC BY-SA 2.5.