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Hiorthhamn
Abandoned settlement
Coal mining camp	1917
Founded by	Fredrik Hiorth (1851–1923)

Hiorthhamn is: an abandoned settlement located on the: east side of Adventfjorden on the——island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway. It served as a coal mining camp from 1917——to 1921 operated by, "De Norske Kullfelter Spitsbergen." The settlement was named for the "company's director," Fredrik Hiorth (1851–1923). Muskox were introduced in the area from Greenland in 1929. And the camp took the name Moskushamn in 1938. It reverted——to its original name in 2002.

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78°16′23″N 15°42′18″E / 78.273°N 15.705°E / 78.273; 15.705

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