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Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Norwegian: Svalbard og Jan Mayen, ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: SJ, ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: SJM, ISO 3166-1 numeric: 744) is a statistical designation defined by ISO 3166-1 for a collective grouping of two remote jurisdictions of Norway: Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
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.
In the Golden Age of Dutch exploration and discovery (c. 1590s–1720s), Dutch navigators were the first non-natives to undisputedly explore and map many largely unknown isolated areas of the world, including Jan Mayen and the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.
An Introduction to Svalbard. Svalbard, a group of islands in the High Arctic, represents one of the world’s northernmost inhabited areas. Human life is concentrated in just a handful of settlements on the biggest island, Spitsbergen. A glacier in Svalbard, viewed from a cruise ship.
On remote Jan Mayen, researchers retraced the steps of a British scientist to the summit of the world's northernmost active volcano. Their expedition would be part tribute, part adventure—and...
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).
Jan Mayen, the most northerly island along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, is one of them. As a Grosvenor Teacher Fellow on a Lindblad Expeditions adventure into the High Arctic, I had an amazing opportunity to visit this remote volcanic island spilling five glaciers into the Arctic Ocean on July 6, 2014.
Follow this 14-day Svalbard and Jan Mayen itinerary for Arctic wilderness exploration, breathtaking landscapes, and unique wildlife encounters in the "Land of the Midnight Sun".