Grumant Explained

Grumant
Pushpin Map:Svalbard
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in western Svalbard
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type2:island
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:1961
Population Total:0
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:+3
Coordinates:78.1778°N 15.1125°W

Grumant (Russian: Грумант) is a former Soviet company town in Svalbard, Norway, established in 1912 and abandoned in 1965. The population—including Coles Bay, which served the settlement's port—peaked at 1,106 in 1951. The name Grumant is of Pomory origin, and is also used to refer to the whole of the Svalbard archipelago. It may be a corruption of Greenland, with which the land was confused.[1]

Grumant is on Spitsbergen, the largest of the Svalbard archipelago's islands, about 10km (10miles) west-southwest of Longyearbyen, the administrative centre.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reymert . Per Kyrre . BARENTSBURG, PYRAMIDEN AND GRUMANT . Svalbard Museum . 22 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724185037/http://www.svalbardmuseum.no/eindex.php?id=10&kategori=2&underkategori=1 . 24 July 2011.