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Svalbard

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Svalbard is an Arctic archipelago. The GeoNames gazetteer records it as a first-order administrative division within the territory of Svalbard and Jan Mayen, with its centre near 78.16 degrees north and 15.86 degrees east and a population of about 2,530. Spitsbergen, listed there as a second-order administrative division of Svalbard, is one of its islands, and Hopen is another place the same gazetteer files under Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Among its names in other languages are Huippuvuoret in Finnish and Isole Svalbard in Italian.

Facts
Area (sq km)
62,045 1
Population
2556 1
Classification
Region Type
Maritime Grouping 1
Connections

Shaped By

Glaciation, Physical Processes
Source CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): CIA World Factbook archive: Svalbard
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Svalbard

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Source Svalbard (Wikipedia)Lead section
Quote, Lead section
Svalbard (US: SVAHL-bar(d), UK: also SVAL-, Urban East Norwegian: [ˈsvɑ̂ːɫbɑr]), formerly Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago that lies at the convergence of the Arctic Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean.
Svalbard

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Caledonian Orogeny

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Source Caledonian orogeny (Wikipedia)Article lead
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Svalbard, eastern Greenland and parts of north-central Europe.
Nordenskiöldbreen

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Source GeoNames: GeoNames search results for NordenskiöldbreenSearch result row
Quote, Search result row
78.675637 17.166314 Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Svalbard
Sources
1. CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): CIA World Factbook archive: Svalbard
CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive)
  • People and Society: Population
    2,556 (2025 est.)
  • Geography: Area
    62,045 sq km
  • Geography: Location
    Northern Europe, islands between the Arctic Ocean, Barents Sea, Greenland Sea, and Norwegian Sea, north of Norway
  • Shaped By: Glaciation, Geography: Geography - note
    glaciers and snowfields cover 60% of the total area
  • Part Of: Norway, Geography: Geography - note
    northernmost part of the Kingdom of Norway
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