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This is a list of islands of Norway sorted by name. For a list sorted by area, see List of islands of Norway by area. A. Andørja, viewed from Harstad Atløy.
The spread of Norwegian whaling industry to Antarctica in the early 20th century motivated Norway, right after its independence from the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway in 1905, to pursue territorial expansion not only in the Arctic claiming Jan Mayen and Sverdrup Islands, but also in Antarctica. Norway claimed Bouvet Island and looked ...
Peter I Island: Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica: 0 156 Lars Christensen Peak: 1,640 11 Svenskøya: Svalbard: 0 137 230 12 Wilhelm Island: Svalbard: 0 120 656 13 Lågøya: Svalbard: 0 103.5 14 Bouvet Island: South Atlantic Ocean: 0 58 Olavtoppen: 780
Also Jan Mayen is an integrated geographical body of Norway. Since 1995 it has been administered by the county governor (fylkesmann) of Nordland. Bouvet Island in the south Atlantic Ocean, Queen Maud Land and Peter I Island in Antarctica are Norwegian dependencies.
Norway is a country located in Northern Europe in the northern and western parts of the Scandinavian Peninsula.The majority of the country borders water, including the Skagerrak inlet to the south, the North Sea to the southwest, the North Atlantic Ocean (Norwegian Sea) to the west, and the Barents Sea to the north.
Map of coastal waters around Norway. The coastline of Norway is formed along the Skagerrak, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, and Barents Sea. This considers only the mainland coastline and excludes Svalbard. A straight line along Norway's sea borders (the coastal perimeter) is 2,650 kilometers (1,650 mi) long.
Hinnøya or Iinnasuolu (Northern Sami) [1] is the fourth-largest island in Norway, and the largest outside the Svalbard archipelago. The 2,204.7-square-kilometre (851.2 sq mi) lies just off the western coast of Northern Norway. [2] The island sits on the border of Nordland and Troms counties.
The extreme points of Norway include the coordinates that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location in Norway; and the highest and the lowest altitudes in the country. The northernmost point is Rossøya on Svalbard , the southernmost is Pysen in Lindesnes Municipality , the easternmost is Kræmerpynten on Svalbard, and the ...