Olonkinbyen
Olonkinbyen is the only settlement on the Norwegian island of Jan Mayen. 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.
- Hamlet with 18 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
- Description: settlement in Jan Mayen municipality, Norway
- Also known as“Olonkin City”“Olonkin City/Town”
Places of Interest
Discover Jan Mayensfield.
Jan Mayensfield
Jan Mayensfield is an aerodrome serving Olonkinbyen in Jan Mayen, Norway.
3½ km northeast of Olonkinbyen
Olonkinbyen
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Latitude
70.92242° or 70° 55′ 21″ north
Longitude
-8.71612° or 8° 42′ 58″ west
Open location code
CC2HW7CM+XH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = hamlet
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Olonkinbyen” goes by many names.
OlonkinbyenAfrikaans
ኦሎንኪንቢየንAmharic
أولونكينبينArabic
أولونكينبيينArabic
ՕլոնկինբուենArmenian
OlonkinbyenAsturian
OlonkinbyenAzerbaijani
OlonkinbyuenAzerbaijani
ওলোনকিনবিয়েনBengali
ОлонкинбюенBulgarian
OlonkinbyenCatalan
奥伦金拜恩Chinese
奥隆金比恩Chinese
奧倫金拜恩Chinese
OlonkinbyenCzech
OlonkinbyenDanish
OlonkinbyenDimli (individual language)
Olonkin StadDutch
OlonkinbyenDutch
ΟλόνκινμπιενGreek
OlonkinbyenHausa
אולוקינבייןHebrew
ओलोनकिनब्येनHindi
OlonkinbyenIndonesian
OlonkinbyenIrish
OlonkinbyenItalian
オロンキンビエンJapanese
OlonkinbyenJavanese
ОлонкинбюенKazakh
ОлонкинбүэнKirghiz
OlonkinbīeneLatvian
OlonkinbienasLithuanian
OlonkinbyenLuxembourgish
ОлонкинбиенMacedonian
OlonkinbyenMalay
OlonkinbyenManx
الونکینبینMazanderani
OlonkinbyenNorwegian
OlonkinbyenNorwegian Bokmål
OlonkinbyenNorwegian Nynorsk
OlonkinbyenOromo
ਓਲੋਨਕਿਨਬਿਯੇਨPanjabi
الونکینبینPersian
اولونکینبینPersian
OlonkinbyenPolish
اولونکنبینPushto
ОлонкинбюэнRussian
OlonkinbyenSlovak
OlonkinbyenSomali
OlonkinbyenSwahili
OlonkinbyenSwedish
ОлонкинбюэнTajik
ОлонкинбүэнTatar
OlonkinbyenTurkish
ОлонкінбуенUkrainian
اولونکنبینUrdu
OlonkinbyenUzbek
OlonkinbyenWelsh
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