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title: John Munro Longyear
author: Michigan Art Company
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15093/john-munro-longyear/
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updated: 1970-01-01
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# John Munro Longyear
_Authored by Michigan Art Company_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15093.jpg)
## Image Caption
John Munro Longyear (1850-1922), who was the central figure behind the Arctic Coal Company which surveyed and mined coalfields on Spitsbergen, now Svalbard, from 1905 to 1916. Longyearbyen - the world's northernmost settlement and largest inhabited area of the Svalbard archipelago - is named after him.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Company, M. A. (2022, January 08). John Munro Longyear. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Company, Michigan Art. "John Munro Longyear." *World History Encyclopedia*, January 08, 2022. .
### MLA
Company, Michigan Art. "John Munro Longyear." *World History Encyclopedia*, 08 Jan 2022, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Munro_Longyear_Marquette_MI.JPG) by [**Michigan Art Company**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Munro_Longyear_Marquette_MI.JPG). Submitted by [Kim Martins](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/kim.martins/ "User Page: Kim Martins"), published on 08 January 2022. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Public Domain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain). This item is in the public domain, and can be used, copied, and modified without any restrictions. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.