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Svalbard (/ ˈ s v ɑː l b ɑːr (d)/ SVAHL-bar(d), 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.
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Το Αρχιπέλαγος Σβάλμπαρντ ( νορβ.: Svalbard, προφέρεται Σφάλμπαρντ, πλήρης ονομασία: Σβάλμπαρντ και Γιαν Μάγεν [1]) ή νήσοι Σπιτσβέργης, βρίσκεται στον Αρκτικό Ωκεανό, βόρεια της ηπειρωτικής Ευρώπης, στα μισά περίπου της απόστασης ανάμεσα στη Νορβηγία και τον Βόρειο Πόλο.
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Svalbard, archipelago, part of Norway, located in the Arctic Ocean well north of the Arctic Circle. The islands lie between longitude 10° and 35° E and latitude 74° and 81° N, about 580 miles (930 km) north of Tromsø , Norway.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jan 14, 2022 · Article. by Kim Martins. published on 14 January 2022. Available in other languages: French, Spanish. Svalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean on the northwest corner of the Barents Shelf. It is 800 kilometres (497 mi) north of mainland Norway and sits roughly midway between the top of Norway and the North Pole.
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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 ...
Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. Located on top of the world, it contains endless areas of unspoilt, raw Arctic wilderness. Svalbard consists of all the islands, islets and skerries between 74° and 81° north latitude and 10° and 35° east longitude.
