Adventfjorden (Advent Bay) is a 7 km long and 4 km wide bay running south-eastwards from the southern side of
Isfjorden, on the west coast of
Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen (; formerly known as West Spitsbergen; Norwegian language, Norwegian: ''Vest Spitsbergen'' or ''Vestspitsbergen'' , also sometimes spelled Spitzbergen) is the largest and the only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipel ...
in
Svalbard
Svalbard ( , ), previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norway, Norwegian archipelago that lies at the convergence of the Arctic Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean. North of continental Europe, mainland Europe, it lies about midway be ...
. The name represents a corruption of ''Adventure Bay'' - probably named after the
Hull-built
whaleship ''Adventure'', which operated in Isfjorden in 1656. The fjord was originally known as ''Klass Billen Bay''. At the head of Adventfjorden is
Adventdalen (Advent Valley).
The former mining-camp of
Longyearbyen
Longyearbyen (, , "Longyear Town") is the world's northernmost settlements, northernmost settlement with a population greater than 1,000, and the capital and the largest inhabited area of Svalbard. It stretches along the foot of the left bank ( ...
(now Svalbard's main town) lies on the fjord's southwestern shore, while another former mining-camp,
Hiorthhamn, is located on its northeastern shore.
Gallery
File:Adventfjord spitzbergen.jpg, Across Adventfjorden towards Adventtoppen and Hiorthfjellet
File:Inlet of Adventfjorden looking towards Revneset Svalbard on May 24 2025.jpg, Inlet of Adventfjorden in May 2025
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 InstitutePlace names in Norwegian polar areas
Bays of Spitsbergen
Longyearbyen
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