Longyearelva

Norwegian Bokmål no Longyearelva thumb|Longyearelva in Longyearbyen. Etymology Compound of nb Longyear elva en surname the river, literally “the Longyear river”. The first element is shared with nb Longyearbyen, whose name commemorates the American industrialist John Munro Longyear (1850–1922).https://snl.no/Longyearbyen Longyearbyen Store norske leksikon 2026-10-02 The river's official naming record does not specify whether its name was taken directly from the surname or through another local place name.https://data.npolar.no/placename/e4f58d5e-c81b-5f4d-b679-beb12eeea360 Longyearelva The Place Names of Svalbard and Jan Mayen Norsk Polarinstitutt 2026-10-02 The second element is the definite singular of nb elv river, from nb non elfr river,https://ordbokene.no/bm/12477 elv Bokmålsordboka Språkrådet and Universitetet i Bergen 2026-10-02 from nb gem-pro *albī river, of uncertain further origin. Compare nn Longyearelva and sv Longyearälven, the latter recorded as an older name for the same river.https://data.npolar.no/placename/da554a64-c0ec-52b2-a688-e5aeddb45eaf Longyearälven The Place Names of Svalbard and Jan Mayen Norsk Polarinstitutt 2026-10-02 For the second element, compare sv älv river, is elfur large river and fo elvur river. Pronunciation nb /¹lɔŋjərˌɛlʋa/ [ˈlɔ̀ŋjəɾˌɛlʋa]Pronunciation inferred from the entries for Longyearbyen and elva in https://www.nb.no/sprakbanken/ressurskatalog/oai-nb-no-sbr-79/ NB Uttale Språkbanken Nasjonalbiblioteket 2026-10-02. nb ɛlʋa 4 nb Long year el va Proper noun nb proper noun Longyear River; nb river on island/Spitsbergen arch/Svalbard c/Norway a, flowing through nb Longyeardalen and nb Longyearbyen into Adventfjorden. nb Vi fulgte Longyearelva ned mot fjorden. We followed the Longyear River down towards the fjord. nb 1996 Knut Aune Hoseth; Tuva Cathrine Daae Longyearbyen – Elvesletta: Vassdragstekniske vurderinger NVE Rapport 8/1996 Norges vassdrags- og energiverk 2 https://publikasjoner.nve.no/rapport/1996/rapport1996_08.pdf Elvesletta er i vest avgrenset av Longyearelva. Elvesletta is bounded to the west by the Longyear River. nb 2020-03-18 Per Inge Myhre Svalbards eldste stein Geoforskning.no https://geoforskning.no/svalbards-eldste-stein/ Longyearelva er altså nå forurenset av fastlandsstein, men det får så være. The Longyear River is thus now contaminated with rock from the mainland, but so be it. nb 2024 Justis- og beredskapsdepartementet Svalbard Meld. St. 26 (2023–2024) 6.4.3 https://www.regjeringen.no/no/dokumenter/meld.-st.-26-20232024/id3041130/?ch=6 NVE ferdigstilte flom- og erosjonssikringen av Longyearelva i 2019. NVE completed the flood and erosion protection works along the Longyear River in 2019. Related terms nb Longyearbyen nb Longyeardalen Longyear Valley nb Longyearbreen Longyear Glacier References nb Rivers in Norway Places in Svalbard nb eponyms