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Svalbard Satellite Station ( Norwegian: Svalbard satellittstasjon) or SvalSat is a satellite ground station located on Platåberget near Longyearbyen in Svalbard, Norway. Opened in 1997, it is operated by Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT), a joint venture between Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and the Norwegian Space Centre (NSC).
Longyearbyen Community Council ( Norwegian: Longyearbyen lokalstyre) is the local government for Longyearbyen in Svalbard, Norway. It has many of the same responsibilities of a municipality. [1] It is organized with a 15-member council which since 2011 has been led by Mayor Christin Kristoffersen of the Labour Party. [2]
It is located in the village of Longyearbyen. It is the church for the Svalbard parish which is part of the Tromsø domprosti (arch- deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The red, wooden church was built in a rectangular design in 1958 using plans drawn up by the architect Hans Magnus. The church seats about 140 people.
Jul 31, 2023 · Longyearbyen is the largest populated area on the territory of Svalbard, located in the high Norwegian Arctic. The settlement is popular as the most easily accessed frontier in the Arctic, and is an ideal base for the greater exploration of Svalbard . The settlement is named after American entrepreneur John Munro Longyear (1850-1922), who as ...
www .lokalstyre .no. 朗伊爾城 （ 挪威語 ： Longyearbyen ，意譯：長年城），位於 挪威 屬地 斯瓦爾巴群島 的最大島── 斯匹次卑爾根島 ，是該群島的首府。. 朗伊爾城居民超過2,000人，當中 挪威人 居多， 俄羅斯人 次之。. 朗伊爾城是世界最北端的有较大人口的城市 ...
Svalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean roughly centered on 78° north latitude and 20° east longitude. It constitutes the northernmost territory of the Kingdom of Norway. The three main islands in the group consist of Spitsbergen (the largest island), Nordaustlandet and Edgeøya. There are also a number of smaller islands, such as ...
The latter has an impressive wine cellar and is one of Norway’s best restaurants. Longyearbyen is located at latitude 78˚ North – just 1,316 km from the North Pole. Longyearbyen is a three-hour flight from Oslo or a 90-minute flight from Tromsø. Longyearbyen is situated on the island of Spitsbergen, the largest island in the Svalbard ...
