Finneset

{{Short description|Peninsula in Svalbard, Norway}}

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Finneset is a peninsula located on the east side of Grønfjorden on Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway. It is located {{convert|2|km|sp=us}} south of Barentsburg. A whaling station was located there until 1905.{{cite web |url=http://miljo.npolar.no/placenames/pages/detailn.asp?placeNameID=23671E |title=Finneset |publisher=Norwegian Polar Institute |access-date=16 March 2012 |archive-date=25 May 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525192659/https://www.webcitation.org/66DORZFrg?url=http://miljo.npolar.no/placenames/pages/detailn.asp%3FplaceNameID=23671E |url-status=dead }} From 1911 it became the site of the first wireless station in the Arctic, named Svalbard Radio from 19 September 1925. It was also a meteorological station operated by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. Both services moved to Longyearbyen on 1 September 1930.{{cite web |url=http://miljo.npolar.no/placenames/pages/detailn.asp?placeNameID=814164P |title=Svalbard radio |publisher=Norwegian Polar Institute |access-date=16 March 2012 |archive-date=12 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712015231/http://miljo.npolar.no/placenames/pages/detailn.asp?placeNameID=814164P |url-status=dead }} It is named for being a fine place to land a ship.