Longyearbyen
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.
- City with about 2,420 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (20 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code LYR
- …is also known as “Longyear City”
- Description: town and administrative center in Svalbard, Norway
Places of Interest
Highlights include Svalbard Museum and Longyearbyen Hospital.
Svalbard Museum
The Svalbard Museum is a museum in Longyearbyen, the largest town in the Svalbard archipelago.
North Pole Expedition Museum
The North Pole Expedition Museum is a museum located…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nybyen.
Longyearbyen
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Latitude
78.2232° or 78° 13′ 23″ north
Longitude
15.6464° or 15° 38′ 47″ east
UN/LOCODE
SJ LYR
Open location code
CFCQ6JFW+7G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Longyearbyen” goes by many names.
LongyearbyenAfrikaans
LongyearbyenAlbanian
لونغياربينArabic
لونغياربيينArabic
لونغيرباينArabic
لونغييربينArabic
لونقييربينArabic
LongyearbyenAragonese
ԼոնգյիրArmenian
LongyearbyenArpitan
LongyearbyenAsturian
LonqyirbyuenAzerbaijani
LongyearbyenBasque
LongyearbyenBavarian
ЛонгйірBelarusian
লঙ্গয়েবায়েনBengali
LongyearbyenBosnian
LongyearbyenBreton
ЛонгийрBulgarian
ЛонгийърBulgarian
ЛонгирбюенBulgarian
LongyearbyenCatalan
LongyearbyenCebuano
朗伊尔城Chinese
朗伊爾城Chinese
ЛонгьирChuvash
LongyearbyenCrimean Tatar
LongyearbyenCroatian
LongyearbyenCzech
LongyearbyenDanish
LongyearbyenDimli (individual language)
LongyearbyenDutch
LongyearbyenEastern Canadian Inuktitut
لونجييربينEgyptian Arabic
Лонгйирбюен ошErzya
LongjerurboEsperanto
LongyearbyenEsperanto
LongyearbyenEstonian
LongyearbýurFaroese
LongyearbyenFinnish
LongyearbyenFriulian
LongyearbyenGalician
ლონგიირბიუენიGeorgian
ლონგიირიGeorgian
ლონგირიGeorgian
LongyearbyenGreek
ΛονγκγέαρμπγενGreek
ΛόνγκγιαρμπιενGreek
લોંગઈઅરબીએનGujarati
לונגיירביןHebrew
LongyearbyenHungarian
LongyearbyenIcelandic
LongyearbyenIloko
LongyearbyenIndonesian
LongyearburgoInterlingua
LongyearbyenInterlingue
LongyearbyenIrish
LongyearbyenItalian
ロングイェールビーンJapanese
ロングイェールビエンJapanese
ロングイヤービエンJapanese
LongyearbyenKalaallisut
ಲಾಂಗ್ಇಯರ್ಬೈನ್Kannada
LongyearbyenKashubian
LongyearbyenKazakh
ЛонгйирKazakh
LongyearbyenKölsch
롱위에아르뷔엔Korean
롱이어비엔Korean
LongyearbyenKurdish
LongyearbyenLadino
LongyearbyenLatgalian
LongyearbyenLatin
LongjērbīeneLatvian
LongyearbyenLatvian
LongyearbyenLimburgan
LongyearbyenLingua Franca Nova
LongirbjoenasLithuanian
LongjyrbienasLithuanian
LongyearbyenLithuanian
LongyearbyenLiv
LongyearbyenLow German
LongyearbyenLower Silesian
LongyearbyenLower Sorbian
LongyearbyenLuxembourgish
ЛонгјирMacedonian
LongyearbyenMainfränkisch
LongyearbyenMalay
LongyearbyenManx
LongyearbyenMaori
लॉन्गयेर्बाइनMarathi
لانگیربینMazanderani
LongyearbyenMegleno Romanian
LongyearbyenMin Nan Chinese
LongyearbyenNorthern Frisian
LongyearbyenNorthern Sami
LongyearbyenNorwegian
LongyearNorwegian Bokmål
LongyearbyenNorwegian Bokmål
LongyearbyenNorwegian Nynorsk
LongyearbyenNovial
LongyearbyenOccitan (post 1500)
LangġēartūnOld English (ca. 450-1100)
ЛонгйирOssetian
ЛонгйирбюенOssetian
ЛонгйирбюэнOssetian
ЛонгьирOssetian
LongyearbyenPennsylvania German
لانگیربینPersian
لونگیربینPersian
LongyearbyenPfaelzisch
LongyearbyenPicard
LongyearbyenPiemontese
LongyearbyenPitcairn-Norfolk
LongyearbyenPolish
LongyearbyenPrussian
لانګیربینPushto
LongyearbyenRomanian
LongyearbyenRomansh
ЛонгеарбиенRussian
ЛонгербюйнRussian
ЛонгийербюенRussian
ЛонгйирRussian
ЛонгъирRussian
ЛонгьербьенRussian
ЛонгьербюенRussian
ЛонгьирRussian
Столица ШпицбергенаRussian
LongyearbyenSaterfriesisch
LongyearbyenScots
LongyearbyenScottish Gaelic
LongyearbyenSerbian
ЛонгјербијенSerbian
ЛонгјирSerbian
LongyearbyenSerbo-Croatian
LongyearbyenSilesian
ලෝන්ග්ඉයර්බයින්Sinhala
LongyearbyenSlovak
LongyearbyenSlovenian
LongyearbyenSwahili
LongyearbyenSwedish
LongyearbyenSwiss German
LongyearbyenTachelhit
LongyearbyenTajik
லாங்யியர்பியன்Tamil
లాంగ్యియర్బయెన్Telugu
ลองเยียร์เบียนThai
LongyearbyenTurkish
LongyearbyenUighur
Лонг’їрUkrainian
Лонг’їрбюенUkrainian
LongyearbyenUpper Sorbian
LongyearbyenUrdu
لانگایربینUrdu
Longyirbiyen shahriUzbek
LongyearbyenVenetian
LongyearbyenVeps
LongyearbyenVietnamese
Thành phố LongyearVietnamese
LongyearbyenVlaams
LongyearbyenVolapük
LongyearbyenVõro
LongyearbyenVotic
LongyearbyenWalloon
LongyearbyenWaray (Philippines)
LongyearbyenWelsh
LongyearbyenWestern Frisian
LongyearbyenWolof
朗伊爾城Wu Chinese
朗伊爾城Yue Chinese
LongyearbyenZeeuws
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