Sveagruva (lit. 'Swedish Mine'), or simply Svea, was a mining settlement in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, lying at the head of Van Mijenfjord...
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research-station of Ny-Ålesund, and the Swedish-Norwegian mining outpost of Sveagruva (which closed in 2020). Other settlements lie farther north, but are populated...
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Gåshamna Grumant Hiorthhamn Lægerneset Port Louis Smeerenburg Ytre Norskøya Sveagruva Note: some cities are abandoned Olonkinbyen Puppebu Flyplassen terminal/toll...
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Barentsburg, the research community of Ny-Ålesund, and the mining outpost of Sveagruva. Spitsbergen was covered in 21,977 km2 (8,485 sq mi) of ice in 1999, which...
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Andersson. The Sveagruva mine closed in 2017. The Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani has a shipping port at Cape Amsterdam, 15 km from Sveagruva. In 2021,...
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Barentsburg, the research community of Ny-Ålesund and the mining outpost of Sveagruva. The Svalbard Treaty of 1920 recognizes Norwegian sovereignty, and the...
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natural resources, and as a result Russia, along with Norway (via the Sveagruva mine and Mine 7), maintains mining operations on Svalbard. However, as...
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Longyearbyen was a company town, but most mining operations moved to Sveagruva during the 1990s, and production ceased in 2017 due to immense financial...
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northwestern entrance to Svea Gulf that continues north to Sveagruva. Cape Amsterdam is 15 km from Sveagruva and shipping port of the Store Norske Spitsbergen...
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NordicVisitor. Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2011. "Sveagruva Climate Guide, Svalbard". Weather2Travel. Archived from the original on...
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