Coal-Mining in Svalbard

The archipelago of Spitsbergen, Bear Island and some adjacent islands, which are collectively named Svalbard, is situated between 74° and 81° N. Lat. and 10° and 35° E. Long. The area is 62,000 sq. km. Spitsbergen is a mountainous country, in some parts much ice-covered, indented on the west side by...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Hoel, Adolf
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1938
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400036718 2024-09-15T17:58:18+00:00 Coal-Mining in Svalbard Hoel, Adolf 1938 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400036718 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400036718 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 2, issue 16, page 74-85 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 journal-article 1938 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400036718 2024-07-24T04:03:07Z The archipelago of Spitsbergen, Bear Island and some adjacent islands, which are collectively named Svalbard, is situated between 74° and 81° N. Lat. and 10° and 35° E. Long. The area is 62,000 sq. km. Spitsbergen is a mountainous country, in some parts much ice-covered, indented on the west side by many fjords affording good harbours. The coal-bearing areas are relatively ice-free. The northern part of Bear Island is a plain 30–50 m. above sea-level. The southern part consists of mountains more than 500 m. high. The island is lacking in good harbours. Article in Journal/Newspaper Bear Island Polar Record Svalbard Spitsbergen Cambridge University Press Polar Record 2 16 74 85
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description The archipelago of Spitsbergen, Bear Island and some adjacent islands, which are collectively named Svalbard, is situated between 74° and 81° N. Lat. and 10° and 35° E. Long. The area is 62,000 sq. km. Spitsbergen is a mountainous country, in some parts much ice-covered, indented on the west side by many fjords affording good harbours. The coal-bearing areas are relatively ice-free. The northern part of Bear Island is a plain 30–50 m. above sea-level. The southern part consists of mountains more than 500 m. high. The island is lacking in good harbours.
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