Colesbukta

Colesdalen, with Colesbukta to the right

Colesbukta is a bay at the southern side of Isfjorden, in Nordenskiöld Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The bay is about 4.5 kilometer wide. A railway for coal transport was earlier operated between Grumantbyen and shipment facilities in Colesbukta.^[1]^[2] The valley Colesdalen debouches into Colesbukta.^[3]

The cabin built by the Russian geologist Vladimir Rusanov in 1912 at the entrance to Colesbukta has been turned into a small self-guided museum. Other buildings and facilities in the old Soviet settlement remain abandoned.

References[]

^ "Colesbukta (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
^ Arctic Pilot: Sailing directions Svalbard–Jan Mayen. Vol. 7. Stavanger: The Norwegian Hydrographic Service and The Norwegian Polar Institute. 1988. pp. 219, 227. ISBN 82-90653-06-9.
^ "Colesdalen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2013.

Coordinates: 78°06′07″N 14°57′48″E / 78.10194°N 14.96333°E / 78.10194; 14.96333

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[1] "Colesbukta (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 30 June 2013.

[2] Arctic Pilot: Sailing directions Svalbard–Jan Mayen. Vol. 7. Stavanger: The Norwegian Hydrographic Service and The Norwegian Polar Institute. 1988. pp. 219, 227. ISBN 82-90653-06-9.

[3] "Colesdalen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2013.

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