Olonkinbyen

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Olonkinbyen
Locale (de facto capital of Jan Mayen)
Olonkinbyen on Jan Mayen island
Etymology: Olonkin City
Olonkinbyen Location of Olonkinbyen in Europe
Coordinates: 70°55′19″N 8°42′54″W / 70.92194°N 8.71500°W / 70.92194; -8.71500
Country	Norway
ISO	Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Island	Jan Mayen
Established	1962 (1962)
Population
• Total	c. 18
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Website	jan.mayen.no

Olonkinbyen^{[needs IPA]} (literally The Olonkin Town) is the only settlement on the Norwegian island of Jan Mayen (aside from isolated cottage huts such as Puppebu^[1]). It was named after Russian-Norwegian explorer Gennady Olonkin.^[2]

The only inhabitants on the island are the 18 personnel, 14 working for the Norwegian Armed Forces and 4 for the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, but can have up to 35 people inhabiting the island at any given time. Olonkinbyen houses the staff that operate the meteorological observation station, Loran-C station, Jan Mayensfield air field and other infrastructure. The meteorological observation service staff are responsible for the radiosonde releases and synoptic weather observations. The crew of the meteorological station is engaged for six months at a time.^[3][4]

Supplies are delivered eight times a year by aircraft. Fuel and heavy goods are transported by boat during the summer. The settlement generates its own electrical power via three generators.^[5][6]