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Tunheim

Abandoned village · Norway

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
74.478, 19.214
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Why it was abandoned

⚒️ Mines & quarries

Detected automatically from the text: Earlier mining villages at Bjørnøya in Svalbard

History

Tunheim is an abandoned coal mining village on Bear Island, Svalbard, Norway. It lies in the northeast of the Island, a few kilometers east of the Bjørnøya Radio Station, and directly adjacent to Kapp Bergersen. To its south is Miseryfjellet, the tallest mountain on Bear Island.

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