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Jan Mayen was formed by the Jan Mayen hotspot and is defined by geologists as a microcontinent. Jan Mayen is a Norwegian volcanic island in the Arctic Ocean with no permanent population. It is 55 km (34 mi) long (southwest-northeast) and 373 km2 (144 sq mi) in area, partly covered by glaciers.
Jan Mayen je integrálnou súčasťou Nórska. Od augusta 1994 je spravovaný guvernérom ( fylkesmann) Nordlandu; ale niektoré právomoci sú postúpené veliteľovi stanice správy nórskej obrannej komunikácie. Ostrov je obývaný personálom rádiostanice – Loran C (14 ľudí) a meteorologickej stanice (4 ľudia).
Jan Mayen je vulkanski otok u sjevernom Atlantskom oceanu. Sastoji se od dva dijela, Nord-Jan (u prijevodu Sjeverni-Jan) i Sør-Jan ( Južni-Jan ). More koje okružuje otok sa svih strana utječe u velikoj mjeri na vremenske prilike na otoku. Prosječna zimska temperatura na otoku je –5 °C. Ljetna prosječna temperatura iznosi 5 °C.
The island. Jan Mayen is a remote Norwegian island located at 71°N/8°W in the Arctic Ocean, about 600 kilometers northeast of Iceland, 500 km east of Greenland, and approximately 1000 km west of Norway. The island is approximately 55 km long from southwest to northeast and covers an area of about 373 square kilometers (see map).
Jan Mayen. Jan Mayen is a 55 kilometres long volcanic island set in the North Atlantic Ocean, halfway between Iceland and Spitsbergen. The still active volcano, Beerenberg, is 2300m high and dominates the island.
Jan Mayen is a tiny volcanic island in the North Atlantic Ocean, 600 miles west of Norway and 350 miles north of Iceland. It is dominated by the 7,470-foot-high Mt. Beerenberg, the northernmost active volcano in the world, which last erupted in 1985.
On the island of Jan Mayen there is a weather station, a EGNOS/GALILEO navigation site and a variety of infrastructure throughout the island – communications, seismic sensors, roads, airstrip, power station, water production, etc. 18 persons employed by the Norwegian Weather Service and Norwegian Armed Forces man the island and infrastructure.
