Svalbard Global Seed Vault

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is a secure backup facility for the Earth's crop diversity on the Norwegian island of in the remote Arctic archipelago.
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  • Opening hours: 24/7
  • Type: Warehouse
  • Description: globally accessible seed vault located on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen
  • Also known as: “Ark van Noah”, “Banco mundial de semillas”, “Boveda de Semillas de Svalband”, “Bóveda de Semillas de Svalband”, “Boveda Global de Semillas de Svalbard”, “Cofre do fim do mundo”, “Domedagsbunkern”, “Domedagsvalvet”, “Doomsday vault”, “Fröbanken på Svalbard”, “Frølageret på Svalbard”, “Globalt sikkerhetshvelv for frø på Svalbard”, “Hazien Arka”, “Hazien Bankua”, “Kıyamet ambarı”, “La volta amb llavors a Svalbard”, “Projet Global Seed Vault”, “SGSV”, “Siemenvarasto”, “Silo Global de Sementes de Svalbard”, “Svalbard International Seed Vault”, “Svalbardeko Munduko Hazien Kripta”, “Svalbardi seemnehoidla”, “Svalbardi seemnepank”, “Svalbardin siemenvarasto”, “Svalbards Samenbank”, “Svalbardska globalna banka semen”, “Svalbardska svetovna banka semen”, “Teravmägede seemnehoidla”, “The Global Seed Vault”, “Tresor des jüngsten Gerichts”, “Wereldzaadbank op Spitsbergen”, “Международно семенохранилище”, “Свалбардски глобален семесклад”, “Схрон судного дня”, “Хранилище «Судного дня»”, “כספת הזרעים הגלובאלית של סבאלברד”, “כספת הזרעים הגלובלית”, “מאגר הזרעים הגלובלי”, “מאגר הזרעים העולמי”, “انبار جهانی دانه های کشاورزی سوالبارد”, “انبار جهانی دانهٔ های کشاورزی سوالبارد”, “انبار جهانی دانه‌های کشاورزی سوالبارد”, “بنك البذور العالمي”, “خزانهٔ جهانی بذر سوالبارد”, “خزنة يوم القيامة”, “スヴァールバル種子貯蔵庫”, “スバールバル世界種子貯蔵庫”, “スバールバル全地球種子庫”, “全球農業的諾亞方舟”, “末日地窖”, and “末日種子庫”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Svalbard Airport, Longyear and Svalbard Church.

Aerodrome
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Svalbard Airport is the main airport serving in Norway. It is 5 km northwest of on the west coast, and is the northernmost airport in the world with scheduled public flights.

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 3½ km southeast of Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

Museum
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The is a museum in , the largest town in the archipelago. The museum displays artifacts from the history of Svalbard since its settlement, and exhibits of local plants and animals. is situated 4 km east of Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Longyearbyen and Nybyen.

Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, 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.

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. is situated 4½ km southeast of Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Latitude
78.23498° or 78° 14′ 6″ north
Longitude
15.49152° or 15° 29′ 30″ east
Operator
Nordic Genetic Resource Center
Open location code
CFCQ6FMR+XJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 369374414
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­warehouse
Wiki­data ID
Q201013
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zeeuws—“Svalbard Global Seed Vault” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قبو سفالبارد العالمي للبذور”
  • Armenian: “Համաշխարհային սերմնապահեստարան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qiyamət anbarı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qlobal toxum anbarı”
  • Basque: “Svalbardeko Munduko Hazien Ganga”
  • Belarusian: “Сусветнае сховішча насення”
  • Belarusian: “Сусьветнае сховішча насеньня”
  • Bulgarian: “Международно семехранилище”
  • Catalan: “Magatzem de llavors de Svalbard”
  • Central Kurdish: “کۆگای تۆوی جیھانی سڤالبارد”
  • Chinese: “斯瓦尔巴全球种子库”
  • Chinese: “斯瓦爾巴全球種子庫”
  • Chuvash: “Мĕнпур тĕнчери вăрăлăх управлăхĕ”
  • Chuvash: “Мĕнпур тĕнчери вăрăлăх усравлăхĕ”
  • Croatian: “Svalbardsko globalno skladište sjemena”
  • Czech: “Špicberské globální úložiště semen”
  • Danish: “Svalbard Global Seed Vault”
  • Dutch: “Wereldzadenbank op Spitsbergen”
  • Esperanto: “Tutmonda semkripto en Svalbard”
  • Estonian: “Teravmägede seemnepank”
  • Finnish: “Huippuvuorten siemenholvi”
  • French: “Réserve mondiale de semences du Svalbard”
  • Galician: “Almacén de sementes de Svalbard”
  • German: “Svalbard Global Seed Vault”
  • Greek: “Παγκόσμια τράπεζα σπόρων Σβάλμπαρντ”
  • Greek: “Παγκόσμια Τράπεζα Σπόρων Σβάλμπαρντ”
  • Hebrew: “כספת הזרעים הגלובלית של סבאלברד”
  • Hungarian: “Spitzbergák Nemzetközi Magbunker”
  • Indonesian: “Gudang Benih Global Svalbard”
  • Italian: “Svalbard Global Seed Vault”
  • Japanese: “スヴァールバル世界種子貯蔵庫”
  • Kazakh: “Дүниежүзілік тұқым қоры”
  • Korean: “스발바르 국제 종자 저장고”
  • Kurdish: “Depoya tovê gerdûnî ya Svalbardê”
  • Latin: “Thesaurus seminarius mundanus Svalbardensis”
  • Latvian: “Svalbāras Globālā sēklu glabātuve”
  • Literary Chinese: “冷岸環球種庫”
  • Lithuanian: “Svalbardo sėklų saugykla”
  • Macedonian: “Светски семесклад”
  • Malayalam: “സ്വാൾബാർഡ് ആഗോള വിത്തു സംരക്ഷണ നിലവറ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Svalbard globale frøhvelv”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Svalbard globale frøkvelv”
  • Norwegian: “Svalbard globale frøhvelv”
  • Persian: “خزانه جهانی بذر سوالبارد”
  • Polish: “Globalny Bank Nasion”
  • Portuguese: “Banco Mundial de Sementes de Esvalbarde”
  • Portuguese: “Svalbard Global Seed Vault”
  • Pushto: “د سوالبرد د تخم نړيواله زېرمه”
  • Romanian: “Rezerva mondială de semințe din Svalbard”
  • Russian: “Всемирное семенохранилище”
  • Russian: “Всемирное Семенохранилище”
  • Scots: “Svalbard Global Seed Vault”
  • Serbian: “Свалбардско глобално складиште семена”
  • Slovak: “Špicberské globálne úložisko semien”
  • Slovenian: “Svalbardska svetovna semenska banka”
  • Spanish: “Banco Mundial de Semillas de Svalbard”
  • Spanish: “Bóveda Global de Semillas de Svalbard”
  • Swedish: “Svalbard globale frøhvelv”
  • Tamil: “ஸ்வால்பார்ட் உலகளாவிய விதை பெட்டகம்”
  • Thai: “อุโมงค์เมล็ดพันธุ์พืชแห่งสฟาลบาร์”
  • Turkish: “Svalbard Küresel Tohum Deposu”
  • Ukrainian: “Всесвітнє сховище насіння”
  • Urdu: “سوالبارد کا بیجوں کا عالمی ذخیرہ”
  • Uzbek: “Butunjahon urug‘ ombori”
  • Uzbek: “Butunjahon urugʻ ombori”
  • Vietnamese: “Svalbard Global Seed Vault .”
  • Zeeuws: “Svalbard Global Seed Vault”

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