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 Spitsbergen in the remote Arctic Svalbard archipelago.
- Warehouse
- …is also known as “SGSV”
- …is open 24/7
- …is operated by Nordic Genetic Resource Center
- Description: globally accessible seed vault located on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Svalbard Airport, Longyear and Svalbard Church.
Svalbard Airport, Longyear
Svalbard Airport is the main airport serving Svalbard in Norway.
Svalbard Church
Svalbard Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Svalbard municipality in Norway. Svalbard Church is situated 3½ km southeast of Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
Svalbard Museum
The Svalbard Museum is a museum in Longyearbyen, the largest town in the Svalbard archipelago. Svalbard Museum is situated 4 km east of Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Longyearbyen and Nybyen.
Longyearbyen
Longyearbyen, is the largest populated area, and capital of the Norwegian region of Svalbard.
Svalbard Global Seed Vault
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Latitude
78.23498° or 78° 14′ 6″ north
Longitude
15.49152° or 15° 29′ 30″ east
Open location code
CFCQ6FMR+XJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=warehouse
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zeeuws—“Svalbard Global Seed Vault” goes by many names.
بنك البذور العالميArabic
خزنة يوم القيامةArabic
قبو سفالبارد العالمي للبذورArabic
Համաշխարհային սերմնապահեստարանArmenian
Սվալբարդ համաշխարհային սերմնապահեստարանArmenian
Qiyamət anbarıAzerbaijani
Qlobal toxum anbarıAzerbaijani
Hazien ArkaBasque
Hazien BankuaBasque
Svalbardeko Munduko Hazien GangaBasque
Svalbardeko Munduko Hazien KriptaBasque
Сусветнае сховішча насенняBelarusian
Сусьветнае сховішча насеньняBelarusian
Международно семенохранилищеBulgarian
Международно семехранилищеBulgarian
La volta amb llavors a SvalbardCatalan
Magatzem de llavors de SvalbardCatalan
Svalbard Global Seed VaultCatalan
کۆگای تۆوی جیھانی سڤالباردCentral Kurdish
全球農業的諾亞方舟Chinese
斯瓦尔巴全球种子库Chinese
斯瓦爾巴全球種子庫Chinese
末日地窖Chinese
末日種子庫Chinese
Мĕнпур тĕнчери вăрăлăх управлăхĕChuvash
Мĕнпур тĕнчери вăрăлăх усравлăхĕChuvash
Svalbardsko globalno skladište sjemenaCroatian
Špicberské globální úložiště semenCzech
Svalbard Global Seed VaultCzech
Svalbard Global Seed VaultDanish
Svalbard globale frøhvelvDanish
Ark van NoahDutch
Doomsday vaultDutch
Svalbard Global Seed VaultDutch
Wereldzaadbank op SpitsbergenDutch
Wereldzadenbank op SpitsbergenDutch
Svalbard Global Seed VaultEsperanto
Tutmonda semkripto en SvalbardEsperanto
Svalbard Global Seed VaultEstonian
Svalbard globale frøhvelvEstonian
Svalbardi seemnehoidlaEstonian
Svalbardi seemnepankEstonian
Teravmägede seemnehoidlaEstonian
Teravmägede seemnepankEstonian
Huippuvuorten siemenholviFinnish
SiemenvarastoFinnish
Svalbardin siemenvarastoFinnish
Almacén de sementes de SvalbardGalician
Svalbard globale frøkvelvGalician
Παγκόσμια Τράπεζα Σπόρων ΣβάλμπαρντGreek
כספת הזרעים הגלובאלית של סבאלברדHebrew
כספת הזרעים הגלובליתHebrew
כספת הזרעים הגלובלית של סבאלברדHebrew
מאגר הזרעים הגלובליHebrew
מאגר הזרעים העולמיHebrew
Spitzbergák Nemzetközi MagbunkerHungarian
Gudang Benih Global SvalbardIndonesian
SGSVItalian
Svalbard Global Seed VaultItalian
Svalbard globale frøhvelvItalian
スヴァールバル世界種子貯蔵庫Japanese
スヴァールバル種子貯蔵庫Japanese
スバールバル世界種子貯蔵庫Japanese
スバールバル全地球種子庫Japanese
Дүниежүзілік тұқым қорыKazakh
스발바르 국제 종자 저장고Korean
Depoya tovê gerdûnî ya SvalbardêKurdish
Thesaurus seminarius mundanus SvalbardensisLatin
Svalbāras Globālā sēklu glabātuveLatvian
冷岸環球種庫Literary Chinese
Svalbardo sėklų saugyklaLithuanian
Свалбардски глобален семескладMacedonian
Светски семескладMacedonian
സ്വാൾബാർഡ് ആഗോള വിത്തു സംരക്ഷണ നിലവറMalayalam
Svalbard globale frøhvelvNorwegian
Frølageret på SvalbardNorwegian Bokmål
Globalt sikkerhetshvelv for frø på SvalbardNorwegian Bokmål
Svalbard globale frøhvelvNorwegian Bokmål
Svalbard globale frøkvelvNorwegian Nynorsk
انبار جهانی دانهٔ های کشاورزی سوالباردPersian
خزانهٔ جهانی بذر سوالباردPersian
Globalny Bank NasionPolish
Svalbard Global Seed VaultPolish
Svalbard globale frøhvelvPolish
د سوالبرد د تخم نړيواله زېرمهPushto
Rezerva mondială de semințe din SvalbardRomanian
Всемирное СеменохранилищеRussian
Хранилище «Судного дня»Russian
Svalbard Global Seed VaultScots
Свалбардско глобално складиште семенаSerbian
Špicberské globálne úložisko semienSlovak
SGSVSlovenian
Svalbardska globalna banka semenSlovenian
Svalbardska svetovna banka semenSlovenian
Svalbardska svetovna semenska bankaSlovenian
DomedagsbunkernSwedish
DomedagsvalvetSwedish
Fröbanken på SvalbardSwedish
Svalbard Global Seed VaultSwedish
Svalbard globale frøhvelvSwedish
The Global Seed VaultSwedish
ஸ்வால்பார்ட் உலகளாவிய விதை பெட்டகம்Tamil
Svalbard Global Seed VaultThai
อุโมงค์เมล็ดพันธุ์พืชแห่งสฟาลบาร์Thai
Kıyamet ambarıTurkish
Svalbard Küresel Tohum DeposuTurkish
Всесвітнє сховище насінняUkrainian
Схрон судного дняUkrainian
سوالبارد کا بیجوں کا عالمی ذخیرہUrdu
Butunjahon urug‘ omboriUzbek
Svalbard Global Seed Vault .Vietnamese
Svalbard Global Seed VaultZeeuws
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