Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Svalbard
• Level 2: Spitsbergen

Current local time in Longyearbyen:

01:09 PM, Friday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Longyearbyen on map:^[1]

Longyearbyen GPS coordinates^[2]

78° 13' 24.024" North, 15° 38' 48.804" East

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	78.36599°,	14.94377°
Center:	78.22334°,	15.64689°
Lower-right:	78.07897°,	16.35002°
Map W x H:	31.9×31.9 km	= 19.8×19.8mi

max Lat:	78.22334°   ⇑0% North
Longyearbyen:	78.22334°
min Lat:	⇓100% South 70.9221°

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min Long	Longyearbyen	max Long
-8.7187°	15.64689°	15.64689°
W 100%⇐		⇒0% E

Elevation

Elevation of Longyearbyen is 1 m = 3 ft, and this is 16.3 m = 53 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	50 m = 164 ft	100%
Avg.	17.3 m = 57 ft
Longyearbyen	1 m = 3 ft
Min E:	1 m = 3 ft	0%

See also: Svalbard and Jan Mayen elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Longyearbyen is located in North Frigid zone (between North Pole and Arctic Circle). Distance of this North polar circle is 1296.4 km =805.5 mi to South.

Distance of	km	miles	from Longyearbyen
North Pole	1309.4	813.6	to North
Arctic Circle	1296.4	805.5	to South
Tropic Cancer	6091.7	3785.2	to South
Equator	8697.6	5404.4	to South

Nearby cities:

1 places around Longyearbyen: (largest is in red/bold)

• Barentsburg 37.2 km =23.1 mi, 241°

In other languages:

• In Russian: Лонгйир
• In Chinese: 朗伊爾城