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Norway >
Svalbard >
Longyearbyen >
Mine 3
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A large building constructed at the hillside, containing offices, production areas and access to the mine. The doors are locked, but some windows are broken. There is an open horizontal ventilation shaft above the mine with potential access to the underground spaces. There is also an older shaft couple of hundred of meters from the mine. It is probably connected to the same mine, but it is blocked by ice year round.
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Type: Building
Status: Closed
Accessibility: Easy/Difficult
Recommendation: worth the trip
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Address
Longyearbyen, Svalbard
Norway
Owner:
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Hardly anything has changed since the mine was closed in 1996. The guided tours are probably worth trying - at the moment it's the only coal mine in Longyearbyen that can be visited. Nice view to the airport runway from above.
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part-time guard welded doors wooden boarding
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rifle, if going alone from Longyearbyen
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Mapping of coal resources above the Svalbard Airport began in 1928, but a mine was not opened until 1969. The mine, once producing half of the coal mined by SNSK, was closed in 1996. Part of the mine was used as the global seed vault until the current underground storage was built nearby. Nowadays it is possible to take a guided tour to the mine.
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While not protected by law as cultural heritage, it is unlikely that it will be demolished. For now it's a popular tourist destination.
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The moderator rating is a neutral rating of the content quality, photography, and coolness of this location.
Category |
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Photography |
1 / 10 |
Coolness |
7 / 10 |
Content Quality |
7 / 10 |
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Mike Dijital on 11/5/2014 5:27 AM.
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on Nov 5 14 at 5:27, Mike Dijital validated this location on Nov 1 14 at 17:44, Mike Dijital conditionally validated this location on Jul 22 14 at 2:43, Steed conditionally validated this location on Jan 21 13 at 14:39, Opheliaism conditionally validated this location on Oct 2 12 at 12:45, Opheliaism conditionally validated this location on Jun 16 12 at 13:49, Opheliaism conditionally validated this location on Mar 16 12 at 1:39, Opheliaism conditionally validated this location on Dec 10 11 at 12:39, Opheliaism conditionally validated this location on Sep 7 11 at 19:26, Opheliaism conditionally validated this location on Sep 7 11 at 13:56, Tupsumato made this location public
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