Grumant

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Grumant
abandoned Russian coal mining settlement (1912 - 1965)
Two of the houses remaining in Grumant
Grumant
Location in western Svalbard
Coordinates: 78°10′40″N 15°06′45″E / 78.17778°N 15.11250°E / 78.17778; 15.11250Coordinates: 78°10′40″N 15°06′45″E / 78.17778°N 15.11250°E / 78.17778; 15.11250
Country Norway
Syssel Svalbard
island Spitsbergen
Population (1961)
  Total 0
Time zone CET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) +3 (UTC)

Grumant was a Soviet Russian settlement in Svalbard, Norway, established in 1912 and abandoned in 1965. The population peaked at 1106 in 1951/52 (including Coles Bay, which served as port for Grumant). The name Grumant is Pomor in origin, and is also used to refer to the whole of the Svalbard archipelago. It may be a corruption of Greenland, with which this land was confused.[1]

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