Olonkinbyen

Norwegian Bokmål no:Olonkinbyen thumb|The station buildings at Olonkinbyen on Jan Mayen in 2007. Etymology nb ine-pro *bʰuH- Compound of nb Olonkin by a surname town, with the second element in the definite singular form nb byen, literally “the Olonkin town”. Named after the Russian-Norwegian polar explorer and radio operator Gennady Olonkin Gennadij Olonkin, who worked at the meteorological station on Jan Mayen.https://frammuseum.no/nb/polarhistorie/polfarere/gennadij-olonkin-1898-1960/ Olonkin, Gennadij (1898-1960) Frammuseet 2026-10-02 The second element continues nb non býr farm; settlement.https://naob.no/ordbok/by_2 by Det Norske Akademis ordbok 2026-10-02 Its earlier ancestry is nb gem-pro *būwiz dwelling, from the root of nb gem-pro *būaną to dwell, ultimately nb ine-pro *bʰuH- to be; grow. Compare nn Olonkinbyen. Pronunciation nb nb O lon kin by en Proper noun nb proper noun Olonkinbyen (nb settlement on the southeastern coast of i/Jan Mayen c/Norway); the island's administrative centre. nb Etter turen dro vi tilbake til Olonkinbyen. After the hike, we returned to Olonkinbyen. nb 2026-08-28 Susan Barr Nils Petter Thuesen Georg Bangjord Jostein Mamen Jan Mayen Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Jan_Mayen Stasjonen ble etter hvert døpt Olonkinbyen etter Gennadij Nikititsj Olonkin The station was eventually named Olonkinbyen after Gennadij Nikititsj Olonkin References Further reading https://data.npolar.no/placename/7e4bf6e5-f14a-5ea0-a3b5-e4402767a398 Olonkinbyen Place Names in Norwegian Polar Areas Norsk Polarinstitutt 2026-10-02 Olonkinbyen nb Jan Mayen nb eponyms