Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Spitsbergen Island coins were issued in 1946, with Russian Cyrillic lettering, in the USSR denomination of 10 and 20 kopecks. Then in 1993, coins were again minted in Russian values of 10, 20, 50 and 100 roubles. Both series have the motto "Arctic coal". Abandoned mine at Longyearbyen. Spitsbergen was historically a base for both whaling and
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.
There is no arable land in the island group due to heavy glaciation and the northern latitude. There are no trees native to the archipelago, but there are shrubs such as crowberry and cloudberry . The west coast of Spitsbergen remains navigable most of the year, due to favorable winds which keep the area ice-free.
The group of islands range from 74° to 81° north latitude, and from 10° to 35° east longitude. [1] [2] The area is 61,022 square kilometres (23,561 sq mi) and there were 2,595 residents in September 2024 Spitsbergen is the largest island, followed by Nordaustlandet and Edgeøya. [3]
The northernmost tip of Prins Karls Forland in Forlandet National Park Map of protected areas of Svalbard. National parks in green, nature reserves in purple, geotope protection areas in orange, bird sanctuaries with a bird icon, islands in black and seas in blue. Svalbard is an Arctic wilderness archipelago comprising the northernmost part of ...
Albert I Land is located at the northwestern corner of Spitsbergen. Map of the northern part of Albert I Land. 1598 map of the arctic by Willem Barentsz, showing Albert I Land. Albert I Land is the land area of the northwestern part of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. [1] It is bordered by Haakon VII Land [2] to the southeast.
Longyearbyen (Urban East Norwegian: [ˈlɔ̀ŋjɛrˌbyːən], [2] locally [ˈlɔ̀ŋjɑrˌbyːən], "Longyear Town") is the world's northernmost settlement with a population greater than 1,000, and the largest inhabited area of Svalbard, Norway.