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Integral areas of Norway which are unincorporated: 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 ...
A geopolitical map of Norway, exhibiting its 19 first-order subnational divisions (fylker or "counties") with Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Each of the country's regions is uniquely coloured. Norway is commonly divided into five major geographical regions (landsdeler). These regions are purely geographical and cultural, and have no administrative ...
Map of Norway with important cities. This is a list of towns and cities in Norway. The Norwegian language word by means a town or city–there is no distinction between the two words as there is in English. Historically, the designation of town/city was granted by the king, but since 1996 that authority was given to the local municipal councils ...
The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or Norden; lit. ' the North ') [2] are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic.It includes the sovereign states of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway [a] and Sweden; the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland; and the autonomous region of Åland.
Norway also includes the Arctic island territories of Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard is based upon the Spitsbergen Treaty , but that treaty does not apply to Jan Mayen. Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic Ocean and Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land in Antarctica are external dependencies , but those three entities ...
Remnants of whaling station at Kvalrossbukta, Bear Island An aerial view of Bremangerlandet, with Frøya in the foreground and Vågsøy in the background. Barmen; Barmøya; Barøya
English short name English long name Domestic short name(s) Claimants Legal status N/A: Bajo Nuevo Bank [n 8] Bajo Nuevo Bank Spanish: Bajo Nuevo Colombia Jamaica United States: Uninhabited, administered by Colombia, claimed by the United States as an unincorporated unorganized territory. Also claimed by Jamaica. N/A: Serranilla Bank [n 8 ...
Location Population Area (km²) Highest point Altitude (m) 1 Spitsbergen: Svalbard: 2,642 39,044 Newtontoppen: 1,713 2 Nordaustlandet: Svalbard: 0 14,443 Norddomen: 700 3 Edgeøya: Svalbard: 0 5,073 Caltexfjellet: 590 4 Barentsøya: Svalbard: 0 1,288 Schweinfurthfjellet: 590 5 Kvitøya: Svalbard: 0 682 270 6 Prince Charles Foreland (Prins Karls ...