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Norway has three dependent territories (Norwegian: biland), all uninhabited and located in the Southern Hemisphere. Bouvet Island (Bouvetøya) is a sub-Antarctic island in the South Atlantic Ocean. [1] Queen Maud Land is the sector of Antarctica between the 20th meridian west and the 45th meridian east. [2]
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.
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 ...
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
Norway has three dependent territories (Norwegian: biland), all uninhabited and located in the Southern Hemisphere. Bouvet Island is a Subantarctic island in the South Atlantic Ocean. [4] Queen Maud Land is a sector of Antarctica which spans between 20° west and 45° east. [5]
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.
The list encompasses adjacent maritime nations and territories with a special focus on the boundaries or borders which distinguish them. For purposes of this list, " maritime boundary " includes boundaries that are recognized by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea , which includes boundaries of territorial waters , contiguous ...
The list also includes two states in free association with New Zealand, the Cook Islands and Niue, as well as two states with limited diplomatic recognition which have de facto control over territories entirely on the islands, Northern Cyprus and Taiwan. [2] In total, 50 island countries have been included in the lists.