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Background: This desolate, mountainous island in the Arctic Ocean was named after a Dutch whaling captain who indisputably discovered it in 1614 (earlier claims are inconclusive). Visited only occasionally by seal hunters and trappers over the centuries, the island came under Norwegian sovereignty in 1929. The long dormant Beerenberg volcano, the northernmost active volcano on earth, resumed activity in 1970, and the most recent eruption occurred in 1985.


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Location

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Area
Total: 377 km²
Land: 377 km²
Water: 0 km²
Comparative: slightly more than twice the size of Washington, D.C.

Land boundaries
Total: 0 km

Coastline: 124.1 km

Maritime claims
Territorial sea: 12 nm
Contiguous zone: 24 nm
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Climate: arctic maritime with frequent storms and persistent fog

Terrain: volcanic island, partly covered by glaciers

Elevation
Highest point: Haakon VII Toppen on Beerenberg 2,277
Lowest point: Norwegian/Greenland Seas 0 m
Note: Beerenberg volcano has numerous peaks; the highest point on the volcano rim is named Haakon VII Toppen, after Norway's first king following the reestablishment of Norwegian independence in 1905

Natural resources

Land use
Agricultural land: 0% (2011 est.)
Other: 100% (2018 est.)

Irrigated land: 0 km² (2022)

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Natural hazards: dominated by the volcano Beerenberg
Volcanism: Beerenberg (2,227 m) is Norway's only active volcano; volcanic activity resumed in 1970; the most recent eruption occurred in 1985

Geography
Note barren volcanic spoon-shaped island with some moss and grass flora; island consists of two parts: a larger northeast Nord-Jan (the spoon 'bowl') and the smaller Sor-Jan (the 'handle'), linked by a 2.5 km-wide isthmus (the 'stem') with two large lakes, Sorlaguna (South Lagoon) and Nordlaguna (North Lagoon)


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Population
Total: no permanent inhabitants
Note: military personnel present on the south side of the island; meteorological stations

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Legal system: the laws of Norway apply

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Disputes international

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