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The issue ended in a political deadlock, with Denmark–Norway and England both claiming sovereignty and France, the Netherlands and Spain claiming it a free zone under mare liberum. [12] Walrus colony on Nordaustlandet. In 1614, the English and Dutch partitioned the island, as the aggression was hampering the profitability of both groups.
The Svalbard Treaty of 1920 [18] defines Svalbard as all islands, islets, and skerries from 74° to 81° north latitude, and from 10° to 35° east longitude. [19] [20] The land area is 61,022 km 2 (23,561 sq mi), and dominated by the island of Spitsbergen, which constitutes more than half the archipelago, followed by Nordaustlandet and ...
The archipelago is the northernmost part of Norway. Three islands are populated: Spitsbergen, Bear Island and Hopen. The capital and largest settlement is Longyearbyen on Spitsbergen. The Spitsbergen Treaty recognises Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard and the 1925 Svalbard Act makes Svalbard a full part of the Norwegian Kingdom.
Both Svalbard and Jan Mayen consist almost entirely of Arctic wilderness, such as at Bellsund in Svalbard. Svalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic about midway between mainland Norway and the North Pole. The group of islands range from 74° to 81° north latitude, and from 10° to 35° east longitude.
Pages in category "History of Svalbard" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Svalbard and Jan Mayen are sometimes grouped together for some categorization purposes. Current dependencies of Norway are all in the southern polar region: Peter I Island, in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean, possession since 1929. Bouvet Island, in the sub-Antarctic and South Atlantic Ocean, possession since 1930.
Map of Thousand Islands. Thousand Islands [1] [2] [3] (Norwegian: Tusenøyane) is a group of small islands south of Edgeøya.They form part of the Svalbard archipelago. The group consists of over forty islands and islets, including Brotskjer, Kulstadholmane, Utsira, Tufsen, Kong Ludvigøyane, Bölscheøya, Hornøya, Tiholmane, Meinickeøyane, Sletteøya, Schareholmane, Skråholmen ...
Danes Island (Danskøya) lies to the northwest of Spitsbergen. Danes Island [1] [2] [3] (Norwegian: Danskøya) is an island in Norway's Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean with an area of 40.6 km 2 (15.7 sq mi). [4] It lies just off the northwest coast of Spitsbergen, the largest island in the archipelago, near to Magdalenefjorden. [5]