The Svalbard Museum is a museum in Longyearbyen, the largest town in the Svalbard archipelago. The museum displays artifacts from the history of Svalbard since its settlement, and exhibits of local plants and animals. Svalbard Museum is situated 430 metres east of Mary Ann S Polarrigg.

Svalbard Church

Church

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Svalbard Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Svalbard municipality in Norway. It is located in the village of Longyearbyen. It is the church for the Svalbard parish which is part of the Tromsø domprosti in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. Svalbard Church is situated 430 metres southwest of Mary Ann S Polarrigg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Longyearbyen and Nybyen.

Longyearbyen

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Longyearbyen, is the largest populated area, and capital of the Norwegian region of Svalbard. The settlement is generally regarded as the northernmost town in the world as well as the most easily accessed frontier in the Arctic, and is an ideal base for the greater exploration of Svalbard and the high Arctic.

Nybyen

Suburb

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Nybyen is a small settlement located on the southern outskirts of Longyearbyen, on the island of Spitsbergen, in the Svalbard archipelago of Norway. The name is Norwegian and translates as The New Town. Nybyen is situated 2½ km southwest of Mary Ann S Polarrigg.

Mary Ann S Polarrigg

Categories: building, tourism, and accommodation
Location: Svalbard, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

78.22216° or 78° 13′ 20″ north

Longitude

15.63319° or 15° 37′ 60″ east

Elevation

6 metres (20 feet)

Open location code

CFCQ6JCM+V7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 550172095

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=hotel

GeoNames ID

10292009

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