Mine 2b / Santa Claus Mine

Mine 2b / Santa Claus Mine is a quarry in , . Mine 2b / Santa Claus Mine is situated nearby to the arts center , as well as near the suburb .
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  • Type: Quarry
  • Description: mine in Norway
  • Also known as: “Mine No 2, Adventdalen”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Huset and Longyearbyen School.

Restaurant
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is a restaurant, which is situated 720 metres northwest of Mine 2b / Santa Claus Mine.

School
Photo: Chell Hill, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a combined and secondary school located in and serving , the world's northernmost settlement with a population greater than 1,000, in , . is situated 1 km north of Mine 2b / Santa Claus Mine.

Church
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is a parish church of the Church of Norway in municipality in . It is located in the village of . It is the church for the Svalbard parish which is part of the Tromsø domprosti in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. is situated 2 km north of Mine 2b / Santa Claus Mine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nybyen and Longyearbyen.

Suburb
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is a small settlement located on the southern outskirts of , on the island of , in the archipelago of . The name is Norwegian and translates as The New Town.

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, is the largest populated area, and capital of the region of . 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 and the high Arctic.

Mine 2b / Santa Claus Mine

Latitude
78.20276° or 78° 12′ 10″ north
Longitude
15.6113° or 15° 36′ 41″ east
Open location code
CFCQ6J36+4G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 863978673
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­quarry
Wiki­data ID
Q11972992
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Satellite Map

Discover Mine 2b / Santa Claus Mine from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Norwegian to Swedish—“Mine 2b / Santa Claus Mine” goes by many names.
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gruve 2”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gruve 2 / Julenissegruva”
  • Norwegian: “Gruve 2”
  • Swedish: “Gruve 2”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Galleri Svalbard and Svalbardhallen.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Julenissegruva and Nybyen.

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