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Sep 2, 2024 · Jan Mayen, island, part of the Kingdom of Norway, in the Greenland Sea of the Arctic Ocean, about 300 mi (500 km) east of Greenland. It is approximately 35 mi long and 9 mi across at its widest point, with an area of 144 sq mi (373 sq km).
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3 days ago · Svalbard and Jan Mayen are collectively assigned the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country-code "SJ". Both areas are administered by Norway, though they are separated by a distance of over 950 kilometres (510 nautical miles) and have very different administrative structures.
1 day ago · Geography. Svalbard is a group of islands north of the Barents Sea on the Arctic Ocean. The land has a total area of 62,045 km² (23,956 mi²) and a total coastline of 124 km (77.1 mi). This land area is approximately 78% of the area of Maine.
Aug 29, 2024 · Spitsbergen, the largest island, is 15,075 square miles (39,044 square km). According to the Islandske Annaler (“Icelandic Annals”), Svalbard was discovered in 1194, but it remained unknown to the modern world until rediscovered by the Dutch explorers Willem Barents and Jacob van Heemskerck in June 1596.
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5 days ago · The island has two separate parts: bigger (Nord-Jan) and smaller (Sor-Jan) linked by an isthmus (a narrow piece of land) with width of 2,5 km (1,6 mi). The terrain is mountainous, with the highest point being the stratovolcano Beerenberg (located in the north).
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3 days ago · Islands of Svalbard are in the same category, whereas for example islands of Greenland are considered part of North America. The figures of Bolshoy Berezovy , Storøya and Wahlbergøya are rough estimates from map.
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3 days ago · The largest ice sheet, the Greenland Inland Ice, is second in area only to the Antarctic Ice Sheet. It extends about 1,570 miles from north to south and has a maximum width of some 600 miles and an average thickness of about 5,800 feet, reaching 11,000 feet in the middle of the island.
