{{Short description |Valley of Spitsbergen, Norway}} {{Use dmy dates |date=November 2023}} '''Colesdalen''' is a valley in Nordenskiöld Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The valley debouches into the bay Colesbukta, at the southern side of Isfjorden.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://placenames.npolar.no/stadnamn/Colesdalen |title=Colesdalen (Svalbard) |publisher=Norwegian Polar Institute |accessdate=30 June 2013 |archive-date=15 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815051513/http://placenames.npolar.no/stadnamn/Colesdalen |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Colesdalen is located north of the Nordenskiöld Land National Park, but not included in the park, due to mining interests.<ref>{{cite book |title=Norges nasjonalparker: Svalbard |last=Aasheim |first=Stein P. |year=2008 |publisher=Gyldendal |location=Oslo |language=Norwegian |isbn=978-82-05-37128-6 |page=29 }}</ref>
The Coleselva River flows through the valley.<ref name=":0" /> thumb|left|700px|Colesdalen, with Colesbukta to the right. {{clear}} ==References== {{Reflist}}
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