Barentsburg

Barentsburg is a pint-sized but fascinating open-air museum of the Soviet Union in , where 300 hardy coal miners continue to work in one of the northernmost settlements on Earth.
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  • Type: Town with 343 residents
  • Description: disputed Russian settlement in Svalbard, Norway
  • Also known as: “Bearentesburg” and “Bearentesburuh”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Barentsburg Heliport and Barentsburg kullkraftverk.

Heliport
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, Heerodden is a private heliport located at , serving the mining town of Barentsburg in , . The is owned and operated by Arktikugol, which also owns the company town. is situated 4 km north of Barentsburg.

Industrial building
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an industrial building.

Barentsburg

Latitude
78.0654° or 78° 3′ 55″ north
Longitude
14.2172° or 14° 13′ 2″ east
Population
343
Elevation
179 metres (587 feet)
Inception
1932
Operator
Арктикуголь
United Nations Location Code
SJ BAR
Open location code
CFCP3688+4V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 302081475
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2731990
Wiki­data ID
Q690333
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Satellite Map

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

From Arabic to Urdu—“Barentsburg” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بارنتسبورغ”
  • Asturian: “Barentsburg”
  • Basque: “Barentsburg”
  • Belarusian: “Барэнцбург”
  • Bengali: “বারেন্টসবার্গ”
  • Bulgarian: “Баренцбург”
  • Catalan: “Barentsburg”
  • Cebuano: “Barentsburg”
  • Chinese: “巴倫支堡”
  • Chuvash: “Баренцбург”
  • Croatian: “Barentsburg”
  • Czech: “Barentsburg”
  • Danish: “Barentsburg”
  • Dutch: “Barentsburg”
  • Dutch: “Barentszburg”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بارنتسبورج”
  • Estonian: “Barentsburg”
  • Finnish: “Barentsburg”
  • French: “Barentsburg”
  • Georgian: “ბარენცბურგი”
  • German: “Barentsburg”
  • Greek: “Μπάρεντσμπουργκ”
  • Hebrew: “בארנצבורג”
  • Hindi: “बैरेंट्सबर्ग”
  • Hungarian: “Barentsburg”
  • Italian: “Barentsburg”
  • Japanese: “バレンツブルク”
  • Korean: “바렌츠부르크”
  • Latin: “Barentsburgum”
  • Latvian: “Barencburga”
  • Lithuanian: “Barencburgas”
  • Malay: “Barentsburg”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Barentsburg”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Barentsburg”
  • Norwegian: “Barentsburg”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Bearentesburh”
  • Ossetian: “Баренцбург”
  • Persian: “بارنتسبورگ”
  • Polish: “Barentsburg”
  • Portuguese: “Barentsburg”
  • Portuguese: “Barentsburgo”
  • Pushto: “بارینتسبورګ”
  • Romanian: “Barentsburg”
  • Russian: “Баренцбург”
  • Slovenian: “Barentsburg”
  • Spanish: “Barentsburg”
  • Swedish: “Barentsburg”
  • Ukrainian: “Баренцбург”
  • Ukrainian: “Баренцбурґ”
  • Urdu: “بارینتسبرگ”

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