Olonkinbyen

Svalbard & Jan Mayen
Olonkinbyen, Svalbard & Jan Mayen
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The sole settlement on the remote Norwegian Arctic island of Jan Mayen, Olonkinbyen sits on the eastern coast amid mountain terrain, with the island's highest southern peak just a few kilometres away. Named after Russian-Norwegian Arctic explorer Gennady Olonkin, who served on the island between 1928 and 1936, the hamlet has no permanent residents — only rotating military and meteorological personnel who staff the weather station, airfield, and scientific instruments including seismographs and a magnetometer.

  • Population14
  • Nearest water from center 0.7 km0.4 mi
  • Nearest mountain from center 1.7 km1.1 mi
Climate · monthly averages
J
-3°27°
85mm3.3in
F
-3°26°
70mm2.8in
M
-4°26°
75mm3.0in
A
-2°28°
55mm2.2in
M
32°
40mm1.6in
J
37°
25mm1.1in
J
42°
35mm1.4in
A
43°
50mm1.9in
S
40°
65mm2.6in
O
35°
80mm3.2in
N
-1°30°
85mm3.4in
D
-2°28°
90mm3.6in
Avg temp · total precipitation, 1991–2020 monthly normals · ERA5-Land · methodology ↗
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