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Apr 9, 2024 · Dependency status. territory of Norway; since August 1994, administered from Oslo through the county governor (fylkesmann) of Nordland; however, authority has been delegated to a station commander of the Norwegian Defense Communication Service; in 2010, Norway designated the majority of Jan Mayen as a nature reserve.
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Apr 9, 2024 · Country name. conventional long form: none conventional short form: Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitsbergen, the largest island in the archipelago) etymology: 12th century Norse accounts speak of the discovery of a "Svalbard" - literally "cold shores" - but they may have referred to Jan Mayen Island or eastern Greenland; the archipelago was traditionally known as Spitsbergen, but Norway ...
5 days ago · Svalbard ( / ˈsvɑːlbɑːr ( d )/ SVAHL-bar (d), [4] Urban East Norwegian: [ˈsvɑ̂ːɫbɑr] ), previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. North of mainland Europe, it lies about midway between the northern coast of Norway and the North Pole. The islands of the group range from 74° to 81 ...
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4 days 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. Svalbard is thus the 25th biggest country in Europe and in terms of area ranked 126th worldwide.
Apr 19, 2024 · Northern Island of Novaya Zemlya. Largest island of Russia within Europe. 5. Spitsbergen. 37,673. 14,546. Norway ( Svalbard) Largest island of Svalbard (62% of its entire area) and of Norway. 6.
5 days ago · The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency; Norway also claims the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo.
2 days ago · volcanism: Beerenberg (2,227 m) on Jan Mayen Island in the Norwegian Sea is the country's only active volcano Geography - note about two-thirds mountains; some 50,000 islands off its much-indented coastline; strategic location adjacent to sea lanes and air routes in North Atlantic; one of the most rugged and longest coastlines in the world
