- Adventfjorden
Adventfjorden is a 7 km long and 4 km wide bay on the southern side of Isfjorden, on the west coast of
Spitsbergen . The name is a corruption of "Adventure Bay", which was probably named after the Hull whaleship "Adventure", which resorted to Isfjorden in 1656. The fjord was originally known as "Klass Billen Bay". At the head of Adventfjorden isAdventdalen .The former mining camp of
Longyearbyen lies on the fjord's southwestern shore, while another former mining camp,Hiorthhamn , is located on its northeastern shore.References
*Conway, W. M. 1906. No Man’s Land: A History of Spitsbergen from Its Discovery in 1596 to the Beginning of the Scientific Exploration of the Country. Cambridge: At the University Press.
* Norwegian Polar Institute [http://miljo.npolar.no/placenames/pages/searchE.asp Place Names of Svalbard Database]
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