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Svalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean under the sovereignty of Norway, but is subject to the special status granted by the Svalbard Treaty. Jan Mayen is a remote island in the Arctic Ocean; it has no permanent population and is administered by the County Governor of Nordland. Svalbard and Jan Mayen have in common that they are the only ...
Jan Mayen (Urban East Norwegian: [jɑn ˈmɑ̀ɪən]) [1] is a Norwegian volcanic island in the Arctic Ocean with no permanent population. It is 55 km (34 mi) long (southwest-northeast) and 373 km 2 (144 sq mi) in area, partly covered by glaciers (an area of 114.2 km 2 (44.1 sq mi) around the Beerenberg volcano).
Svalbard and Jan Mayen does not exist as an administrative region, but rather consists of two separate parts of Norway under separate jurisdictions—Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Further subdivision for Svalbard and Jan Mayen occurs under Norway's entry, ISO 3166-2:NO, namely NO-21 for Svalbard and NO-22 for Jan Mayen. There are currently no ISO ...
Official English country name: Svalbard of the Kingdom of Norway; Common endonym(s): Official endonym(s): Adjectival(s): Demonym(s): Etymology: Name of Svalbard; ISO country codes for Svalbard and Jan Mayen: SJ, SJM, 744; ISO region codes for Svalbard and Jan Mayen: See ISO 3166-2:SJ; Internet country code top-level domain for Norway: .no
The Svalbard Treaty grants Norway full sovereignty of Svalbard, [1] but the archipelago holds special status as among other things a free economic zone and is not part of the European Economic Area and the Schengen Area. [2] Jan Mayen is a nearly unpopulated volcanic island in the Atlantic Ocean and is a fully integrated part of Norway. [3]
Svalbard (including Bear Island), in the Arctic, a part of Norway since 1920. Jan Mayen, in the Arctic, a part of Norway since 1929. Svalbard with Bear Island are subject to the provisions of the Svalbard Treaty. Svalbard and Jan Mayen are sometimes grouped together for some categorization
The town of Longyearbyen — the largest inhabited area of Svalbard — has just one grocery store, one post office and one women’s clothing store, where Blomdahl used to work.
While the Svalbard Treaty regulates some aspects of that Arctic territory, it acknowledges that the islands are part of Norway. Similarly, Jan Mayen is recognized as an integral part of Norway. Both Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land are south of 60°S and are thus part of the Antarctic Treaty System.