Ny-Ålesund
Ny-Ålesund is a small town in Oscar II Land in the west of the island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard. It is situated on the Brøgger peninsula and on the shore of the bay of Kongsfjorden.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Superchilum, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Superchilum, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 35 residents
- Description: research town in Oscar II Land on the island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway
- Also known as: “Ny-Alesund”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben and Old Telegraph Building, Ny-Ålesund.
Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben
Aerodrome
Photo: Rerun van Pelt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben is an airport serving the research community of Ny-Ålesund in Svalbard, Norway. The airport is owned by Kings Bay, who also owns the company town.
Old Telegraph Building, Ny-Ålesund
Museum
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Old Telegraph Building, Ny-Ålesund is a museum.
Ny-Ålesund
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
78.9255° or 78° 55′ 32″ northLongitude
11.9292° or 11° 55′ 45″ eastPopulation
35Elevation
32 metres (105 feet)United Nations Location Code
SJ NYAOpen location code
CFCHWWGH+6MOpenStreetMap ID
node 274786503OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Ny-Ålesund” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ني أوليسوند”
- Armenian: “Նյու Օլեսուն”
- Asturian: “Ny-Ålesund”
- Breton: “Ny-Ålesund”
- Bulgarian: “Ню Олесун”
- Catalan: “Ny-Ålesund”
- Chinese: “新奧勒松”
- Chinese: “新奧爾松”
- Chinese: “新奧爾鬆”
- Czech: “Ny-Ålesund”
- Danish: “Ny-Ålesund”
- Dutch: “Ny-Ålesund”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نى اوليسوند”
- Esperanto: “Ny-Ålesund”
- Estonian: “Ny-Ålesund”
- Extremaduran: “Ny-Ålesund”
- Finnish: “Ny-Ålesund”
- French: “Ny-Ålesund”
- Galician: “Nueva Alesund”
- German: “Ny-Ålesund”
- Hebrew: “נו אלסון”
- Italian: “Ny-Ålesund”
- Japanese: “ニーオーレスン”
- Korean: “뉘올레순”
- Latvian: “Nīolesunna”
- Lithuanian: “Niu Olesiundas”
- Macedonian: “Ни Олесунд”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ny-Ålesund”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ny-Ålesund”
- Norwegian: “Ny-Ålesund”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Ny-Ålesund”
- Persian: “نیواولسن”
- Polish: “Ny-Ålesund”
- Portuguese: “Ny-Ålesund”
- Pushto: “ني-اولسوند”
- Romanian: “Ny-Aalesund”
- Romanian: “Ny-Ålesund”
- Russian: “Ню-Олесунн”
- Slovak: “Ny-Ålesund”
- Slovenian: “Ny-Ålesund”
- Spanish: “Nueva Alesund”
- Spanish: “Nueva Ålesund”
- Spanish: “Ny-Ålesund”
- Swedish: “Ny-Ålesund”
- Ukrainian: “Ню-Олесунн”
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