Longyear Valley

Morains and the Longyear River in the Longyear Valley

The Longyear Valley[1][2][3] (Norwegian: Longyeardalen) is a valley and ravine located in Svalbard, Norway. It runs up as a side valley of Adventfjorden, a bay of the island of Spitsbergen. The Longyear Valley is located between the mountains of Platåberget and Gruvefjellet. The town of Longyearbyen is located in the lower portions of the valley, which is named for the American industrialist John Munroe Longyear. The Longyear River runs through the valley.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Capelotti, P. J. 2000. The Svalbard Archipelago: American Military and Political Geographies of Spitsbergen and Other Norwegian Polar Territories, 1941–1950. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, p. 32.
  2. ↑ Remmert, Hermann. 1980. Arctic Animal Ecology. Berlin: Springer, p. 16.
  3. ↑ DePasqual, Seth. 2012. Winning Coal at 78° North: Mining, Contingency and the Chaîne Opératoire in Old Longyear City. In: Louwrens Hacquebord (ed.), Lashipa: History of Large Scale Resource Exploitation in Polar Areras, pp. 71–82. Groningen: University of Groningen, p. 75.
  4. ↑ "Longyeardalen". Norwegian Polar Institute. Archived from the original on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2012.

Coordinates: 78°12.5′N 15°36.4′E / 78.2083°N 15.6067°E / 78.2083; 15.6067

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