Barentsburg
in Spitsbergen of Svalbard, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
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Svalbard Airport, Longyear (22 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 78.064 and 14.186 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 78° 3' 51" and E 14° 11' 9"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Krone - NOK
- Spoken languages:
- Norwegian, Russian
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 12:55 PM (Thursday)
- Timezone: Arctic/Longyearbyen
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 1:00 am and 1:00 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
Explore Barentsburg
Barentsburg in Spitsbergen (Svalbard) with it's 576 inhabitants is located in Svalbard and Jan Mayen about 23 mi (or 38 km) south-west of Longyearbyen, the country's capital.
Local time in Barentsburg is now 12:55 PM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Arctic / Longyearbyen with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 1 airports in the wider vicinity of Barentsburg. The closest is airport we know is Svalbard Airport, Longyear in Norway in a distance of 22 mi (or 36 km). Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Longyearbyen, , , and . To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: -16°C / 4 °F
| Morning Temperature | -17°C / 2 °F |
| Evening Temperature | -16°C / 4 °F |
| Night Temperature | -14°C / 6 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 87% |
| Air Pressure | 1023 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Calm with 2 km/h (1 mph) from North-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 83% of sky |
| General Conditions | Broken clouds |
Friday, 22nd of November 2024
-13°C (9 °F)
-13°C (9 °F)
Broken clouds, light breeze.
Saturday, 23rd of November 2024
-13°C (8 °F)
-15°C (6 °F)
Few clouds, light breeze.
Sunday, 24th of November 2024
-12°C (11 °F)
-11°C (12 °F)
Overcast clouds, calm.
Videos from this area
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SVALBARD - Barentsburg, March 2015
Viaggio alle isole Svalbard 2015 eclissi totale di sole. con: Davide Andreani, Alessandro Bartoli, Gabriella Borghetto, Esther Dembitzer, Massimiliano Di Giuseppe, Lauro Giovanetti, Stefano...
Barentsburg Sd0744's photos around Barentsburg and Esmark Glacier, Norway (trip to barentsburg)
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Баренцбург 78 ° северной широты - Barentsburg 78° Nord
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kdg59/sets/72157623691319687/ Баренцбург - русское поселение добыче угля на Шпицбергене - Barentsburg - Russische...
Шпицберген 2012
Spitsbergen - Beluga's in Gronfjorden
Beluga's tijdens reis met de Antigua.
Špicbergenas: Vizitas į šachtininkų miestą Barentsburgą
Šachtininkų mieste Barentsburge gyvena ir dirba Rusijos ir Ukrainos angliakasiai. Puiki vieta pamatyti anglių pramonę arktyje. Išskirtinės kelionės - http://www.magelanokeliones.lt.
Spitsbergen Fjord
Spitsbergen.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Barentsburg
Barentsburg is the second largest settlement on Svalbard, with about 500 inhabitants (2007), almost entirely Russians and Ukrainians. The Russian-owned Arktikugol has been mining coal here since 1932.
Grønfjorden
Grønfjorden is a 16km long fjord, separated from Isfjorden to the north by Festningsodden in the west and Heerodden in the east. It lies within the western portion of Nordenskiöld Land. On its eastern shore is the mining community of Barentsburg, the second largest settlement on Spitsbergen.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Barentsburg.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Barentsburg, بارنتسبورغ, Баренцбург, בארנצבורג, バレンツブルク, ბარენცბურგი, 바렌츠부르크, Barencburgas, Barentszburg, 巴倫支堡
