Editing Geography of Svalbard (section)

== Settlements ==
[[File:Ny-Aalesund summer.jpg|thumb|[[Ny-Ålesund]] in summer.]]

=== Inhabited ===
*[[Barentsburg]] (Баренцбург) (Russian settlement — population of 400)
*[[Bear Island (Norway)|Bear Island]] (Norwegian [[weather station]], population of 9)
*[[Hopen, Svalbard|Hopen]] (Norwegian weather station, population of 4)
*[[Polish Polar Station, Hornsund|Hornsund]] (Polish research station, population of 8)
*[[Longyearbyen]] (population of ≈2,000)
*[[Ny-Ålesund]] (population of 40)
*[[Sveagruva]] (population of 310, none living permanently)

No roads link the settlements on the island; transportation includes [[boat]], [[airplane]], [[helicopter]], and [[snowmobile]]. The gateway to Svalbard is Svalbard Airport, Longyearbyen.

===Former===
*[[Virgohamna|Harlingen kokerij]] (Dutch settlement established in 1636 in Houcker Bay, abandoned sometime after 1662)
*[[Kobbefjorden]] (also Robbe Bay or Copenhagen Bay) (Danish settlement established in 1631, abandoned in 1658)
*[[Engelskbukta]] (English settlement established around 1615, occupied until mid-century)
*[[Magdalenefjorden|Gravneset]] (English settlement established in the early 17th century, abandoned between 1624 and 1632, after which time it was appropriated by the Dutch)
*[[Grumant]] (Grumantbyen) (Грумант) (Russian settlement, abandoned in 1961, revival of [[mining]] operations announced in 2003)
*[[Gåshamna]] (Two English settlements, established sometime around 1618 and occupied until at least 1655)
*[[Lægerneset]] (Dutch settlement appropriated by the English in 1615, occupied by the latter until the 1650s)
*[[Hamburgbukta|Port Louis]] (French settlement established in 1633, abandoned in 1637)
*[[Pyramiden]] (Пирамида) (Russian settlement, abandoned in 1998)
*[[Smeerenburg]] (Danish-Dutch settlement established in 1619 on the southeastern promontory of [[Amsterdam Island (Spitsbergen)|Amsterdam Island]], abandoned around 1660)
*[[Ytre Norskøya]] (Dutch settlement possibly rivaling Smeerenburg in size; probably established by members of the [[Zeeland]] chamber in the 1620s or later, and abandoned in 1670)