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Ny-Ålesund ("New Ålesund") is one of the four permanent settlements on the island of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard archipelago. It is located on the Brøgger peninsula at Kongsfjorden. Like the rest of Svalbard, Ny-Ålesund is administered by the Kingdom of Norway.
Ny-Ålesund is one of the world's northernmost settlements at 78°55?N 11°56?E, and is the world's northernmost functional public settlement.
Today, it is inhabited by a...
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