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Svalbard & Jan Mayen

  • 🏢 Administrative centre: Longyearbyen (Svalbard); Jan Mayen has no permanent settlement (Olonkinbyen base)
  • 📏 Area: Svalbard ≈ 62,700 km²; Jan Mayen 377 km² (total ≈ 63,077 km²)
  • ⛰️ Highest point: Beerenberg (Jan Mayen) 2,277 m; Svalbard: Newtontoppen 1,713 m
  • 🕓 Time zone: CET / CEST (UTC +1 / +2)
  • 💰 Currency: Norwegian krone (NOK)
  • 💼 Main industries: research & education, tourism, satellite & logistics (SvalSat, Global Seed Vault), limited mining; meteorology (Jan Mayen)
  • 👥 Population: ≈ 2,860; Jan Mayen: no permanent residents (up to ~35 rotating staff)
  • 🏙️ Municipalities: none (Longyearbyen Community Council; Jan Mayen unincorporated)
  • 🌊 Coast & fjords: Arctic Ocean; Svalbard coastline ≈ 3,587 km; Jan Mayen ≈ 124 km; key fjords: Isfjorden, Kongsfjorden, Hornsund
  • 🗣️ Official language(s): Norwegian (Bokmål; English widely used; Russian in Barentsburg)
  • 🏙️ Largest settlements: Longyearbyen, Barentsburg, Ny-Ålesund; (Jan Mayen: Olonkinbyen station)