Longyearbyen
Proper noun
Meaning
Longyearbyen
The largest settlement in Svalbard.
Examples
Arlov (1996): 249 Production in Longyearbyen, by American interests, started in 1908; Arlov (1996): 261 and Store Norske established itself in 1916, as did other Norwegian interests during the war, in part by buying American interests.
All settlements have ports and Longyearbyen has a bus system.
Company homes in Longyearbyen Ny-Ålesund is a permanent settlement based entirely around research.
Polar tundra (ET) is found at Jan Mayen and in the Svalbard archipelago including Longyearbyen, and also includes a narrow area along the northeastern coast from Nordkapp to Vardø on the mainland.
Research on Svalbard centers on Longyearbyen and Ny-Ålesund, the most accessible areas in the high Arctic.
Settlements Longyearbyen is the largest settlement on the archipelago, the seat of the governor and the only town to be incorporated.