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Point de la Bienvenue

(Jermaktangen) / Svalbard

79°49'60" N
12°13'60" E
~18m asl
17:48 (CEST - UTC/GMT+2)

Point de la Bienvenue (Point de la Bienvenue) is a point (class T - Hypsographic) in Svalbard (Svalbard (general)), Svalbard [ Norway ] (Europe) with the region font code of Americas/Western Europe. It is located at an elevation of 18 meters above sea level.
Point de la Bienvenue is also known as Biscayers Hoek, Biscayers Point, Boscajens Hook, Cape Biscayer, Cape Vlak Hoek, Cape Yermack, De Laagehoeck, De Vlacke Punt, Flakke Hoek, Flat Hoek, Flat Hook, Fox Point, Jermaktangen, Laage Hoek, Laege Hoeck, Lage Hoeck, Lille Rodebaineset, Lille Rødebaineset, Point Wellcome, Point de la Bienvenue, Pointe Yermack, Pointe du Yermack, Vlacke Point, Welcome Point.

Its coordinates are 79°49'60" N and 12°13'60" E in DMS (Degrees Minutes Seconds) or 79.8333 and 12.2333 (in decimal degrees). Its UTM position is MJ46 and its Joint Operation Graphics reference is NT33-01.

Current local time is 17:48; the sun rises at 07:53 and sets at 20:00 local time (Arctic/Longyearbyen UTC/GMT+2). The standard time zone for Point de la Bienvenue is UTC/GMT+1, but since Daylight Saving Time (DST) is in effect the current time zone is UTC/GMT+2.
In 2024 DST starts on 31 Mar 2024 and ends on 27 Oct 2024.

A Point is a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water, less prominent than a cape.