Tunheim is an abandoned coal mining village on Bear Island, Svalbard, Norway. It lies in the northeast[1] of the Island, a few kilometers east of the Bjørnøya Radio Station, & directly adjacent to Kapp Bergersen. To its south is Miseryfjellet, the tallest mountain on Bear Island.[2][3][4]

Coal mining activities were run by the Stavanger company and were at their height around 1915–1925[1] and 182 people lived in the village's 25 houses.[1][5]

A radio station was built in 1919 and a meteorological station in 1923, operated by the Geophysical Institute in Tromsø.[1][6] The stations were destroyed by the Allies in 1941 during WWII to prevent the Germans from using them,[7][1] and the town was evacuated.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Prestvold, Kristin. "Bjørnøyas historie og kulturminner - Cruisehåndbok for Svalbard". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  2. ↑ "Panoramas Tunheim Siloodden". Spitsbergen | Svalbard. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "Bjørnøya". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "Generic Oil Spil Response for Bear Island" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "Kart - Kulturminnesøk" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  6. ↑ "Historikk | Bjørnøya Meteorologiske Stasjon" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  7. ↑ Thuesen, Nils Petter; Barr, Susan (2020-01-29), "Bjørnøya", Great Norwegian Encyclopedia (in Norwegian Bokmål), retrieved 2021-04-23

74°28′40″N 19°12′43″E / 74.47781°N 19.21204°E / 74.47781; 19.21204

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