# Adventfjorden

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Bay on the west coast of Spitsbergen in Svalbard

 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 [Isfjorden](/source/Isfjord_(Svalbard)), on the west coast of [Spitsbergen](/source/Spitsbergen) in [Svalbard](/source/Svalbard). The name represents a corruption of *Adventure Bay* - probably named after the [Hull](/source/Kingston_upon_Hull)-built [whaleship](/source/Whaleship) *Adventure*, which operated in Isfjorden in 1656. The fjord was originally[*[when?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items)*] known as *Klass Billen Bay*. At the head of Adventfjorden is [Adventdalen](/source/Adventdalen) (Advent Valley).

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

## Gallery

	- Adventfjorden

		- Across Adventfjorden towards Adventtoppen and Hiorthfjellet

		- Inlet of Adventfjorden in May 2025

## 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](/source/Norwegian_Polar_Institute): [Place names in Norwegian polar areas](http://stadnamn.npolar.no/stadnamn/Adventfjorden?ident=69) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160506204141/http://stadnamn.npolar.no/stadnamn/Adventfjorden?ident=69) 2016-05-06 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

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