Ny-Ålesund

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Ny-Ålesund ("New Ålesund") is a research town in Oscar II Land on the island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway. It is arranged on the Brøgger promontory (Brøggerhalvøya) and on the shore of the cove of Kongsfjorden. The organization town is possessed and worked by Kings Bay, who give offices to perpetual research foundations from ten nations. The town is eventually possessed by the Ministry of Trade and Industry and isn't consolidated. Ny-Ålesund has an all-year lasting populace of 30 to 35, with the late spring populace achieving 120. Its offices incorporate Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben, Svalbard Rocket Range, a port and Ny-Ålesund Town and Mine Museum, and fifteen changeless research stations. It is the northernmost utilitarian non military personnel settlement on the planet.

The town was established in 1917 by Peter Brandal and his mining organization, Kings Bay Kull Comp. At first mining was completed until 1929, however it was unrewarding for a large portion of the 1920s. There were a progression of air undertakings propelled from Ny-Ålesund towards the North Pole. The organization was nationalized in 1933 and the town was for a few years utilized for tourism and as an angling port. Digging continued for a few months in 1941 and after that from 1945. After a few other lethal occurrences happened including a mining mischance on 5 November 1962 that murdered 21 diggers in what wound up noticeably known as the Kings Bay Affair, mining action was ended and Gerhardsen's Third Cabinet surrendered. Kongsfjord Telemetry Station opened in 1967 and the town steadily changed into an examination settlement. Since 1992, remote organizations have been allowed to assemble changeless stations nearby.
Coordinates: 78°55′30″N 11°55′20″

Geography

Ny-Ålesund is situated on the north shore of Brøggerhalvøya, a landmass of Oscar II Land on the island of Spitsbergen. The town is situated on the southern shore of Kongsfjorden (actually "the King's Bay"), a cove on the west shoreline of Spitsbergen which interfaces with Forlandssundet of the Greenland Sea. Opposite Ny-Ålesund is the landmass of Blomstrandhalvøya and the previous settlement of Ny-London.

As Ny-Ålesund isn't fused it does not have any formal territory. On the off chance that the land claimed by Kings Bay is utilized to characterize the town, it would have a zone of 300 square kilometers (120 sq mi), which would exemplify both the north and south shores of Kongsfjorden. Lords Bay holds responsibility for arrive in the territory, despite the fact that the mining claims are held by Store Norske.

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