Adventfjorden

{{Short description|Bay on the west coast of Spitsbergen in Svalbard}} [[Image:Spitsbergen labelled.png|thumb|350px| Adventfjorden lies on the southern side of Isfjorden on Spitsbergen's west coast.]]

'''Adventfjorden''' ('''Advent Bay''') is a 7 km long and 4 km wide bay running south-eastwards from the southern side of [[Isfjord (Svalbard)|Isfjorden]], on the west coast of [[Spitsbergen]] in [[Svalbard]]. The name represents a corruption of ''Adventure Bay'' - probably named after the [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]-built [[whaleship]] ''Adventure'', which operated in Isfjorden in 1656. The fjord was originally{{when|date=August 2020}} known as ''Klass Billen Bay''. At the head of Adventfjorden is [[Adventdalen]] (Advent Valley).

The former mining-camp of [[Longyearbyen]] (now Svalbard's main town) lies on the fjord's southwestern shore, while another former mining-camp, [[Hiorthhamn]], is located on its northeastern shore.

==Gallery== <gallery mode="packed" caption="Adventfjorden"> File:Adventfjord spitzbergen.jpg|Across Adventfjorden towards Adventtoppen and Hiorthfjellet File:Inlet of Adventfjorden looking towards Revneset Svalbard on May 24 2025.jpg|Inlet of Adventfjorden in May 2025 </gallery>

==References== *Conway, W. M. 1906. No Man's Land: A History of Spitsbergen from Its Discovery in 1596 to the Beginning of the Scientific Exploration of the Country. Cambridge: At the University Press. * [[Norwegian Polar Institute]]: [http://stadnamn.npolar.no/stadnamn/Adventfjorden?ident=69 Place names in Norwegian polar areas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506204141/http://stadnamn.npolar.no/stadnamn/Adventfjorden?ident=69 |date=2016-05-06 }}

[[Category:Bays of Spitsbergen]] [[Category:Longyearbyen]]