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Pyramiden

Pyramiden is in . It is a Russian mining settlement that was abandoned in 1998 and lies northeast across Isfjorden from . A small Russian contingent is now based on-site to prevent vandalism and take care of basic infrastructure needs.
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Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Pyramiden Heliport.

Heliport
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a heliport located at Pyramiden in , . The airport is owned and operated by Arktikugol, who owns the mining town. The consists of a gravel runway and apron measuring 90 by 40 meters and a small terminal building.

Pyramiden

Latitude
78.6558° or 78° 39′ 21″ north
Longitude
16.3229° or 16° 19′ 22″ east
Population
5
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Inception
1910
Open location code
CFCRM84F+84
Open­Street­Map ID
node 273476498
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2729216
Wiki­data ID
Q845396
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Pyramiden” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيراميدن”
  • Armenian: “Պիրամիդա”
  • Armenian: “Պիրամիդեն”
  • Asturian: “Pyramiden”
  • Basque: “Pyramiden”
  • Bosnian: “Pyramiden”
  • Bulgarian: “Пирамида”
  • Catalan: “Pyramiden”
  • Chinese: “皮拉米登”
  • Czech: “Pyramiden”
  • Danish: “Pyramiden”
  • Dutch: “Pyramiden”
  • Finnish: “Pyramiden”
  • French: “Pyramiden”
  • Galician: “Pyramiden”
  • German: “Piramida”
  • German: “Pyramiden”
  • Greek: “Πυραμίντεν”
  • Hebrew: “פירמידה”
  • Hungarian: “Pyramiden”
  • Irish: “Pyramiden”
  • Italian: “Pyramiden”
  • Japanese: “ピラミーデン”
  • Japanese: “ピラミッド”
  • Latvian: “Piramidene”
  • Mirandese: “Piramida”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pyramiden”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pyramiden”
  • Norwegian: “Pyramiden”
  • Persian: “پیرامیدن”
  • Polish: “Pyramiden”
  • Portuguese: “A Pirâmide”
  • Russian: “Пирамида (посёлок)”
  • Russian: “Пирамида (Россия)”
  • Russian: “Пирамида (Шпицберген)”
  • Russian: “Пирамида”
  • Slovenian: “Pyramiden”
  • Spanish: “Pyramiden”
  • Swedish: “Pyramiden på Svalbard”
  • Swedish: “Pyramiden”
  • Ukrainian: “Піраміда”
  • Ukrainian: “Піраміден”
  • Vietnamese: “Pyramiden”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Pyramiden”. Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.