Hiorthhamn
Sign in to saveHiorthhamn is an abandoned settlement located on the east side of Adventfjorden on the island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway. It served as a coal mining camp from 1917 to 1921 operated by De Norske Kullfelter Spitsbergen. The settlement was named for the company's director, Fredrik Hiorth (1851–1923). Muskox were introduced in the area from Greenland in 1929, and the camp took the name Moskushamn in 1938. It reverted to its original name in 2002. It has a population of 0 people.
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Vinony's link graph records 133 inbound references to Hiorthhamn, and connects out to Norway, Greenland and geographic coordinate system.
The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark_region, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including 1917 establishments in Norway, Former populated places in Svalbard and Spitsbergen.
Vinony links it to 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- abandoned village
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Svalbard
- Image
- Hjorthamn IMG 8766 rk 139540.JPG
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- inception
- 1917-01-01
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Hiorthhamn is an abandoned settlement located on the east side of Adventfjorden on the island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway. It served as a coal mining camp from 1917 to 1921 operated by De Norske Kullfelter Spitsbergen. The settlement was named for the company's director, Fredrik Hiorth (1851–1923). Muskox were introduced in the area from Greenland in 1929, and the camp took the name Moskushamn in 1938. It reverted to its original name in 2002. It has a population of 0 people.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hiorthhamn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations