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    Jan Mayen (Urban East Norwegian: [jɑn ˈmɑ̀ɪən]) is a Norwegian volcanic island in the Arctic Ocean with no permanent population. It is 55 km (34 mi) long...
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    Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Norwegian: Svalbard og Jan Mayen, ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: SJ, ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: SJM, ISO 3166-1 numeric: 744) is a statistical designation...
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    The Jan Mayen Microcontinent is a fragment of continental crust within the oceanic part of the western Eurasian Plate lying northeast of Iceland. At the...
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    The Jan Mayen class is a class of offshore patrol vessels used by the Norwegian Coast Guard. The Coast Guard first announced plans for the class in September...
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    The Jan Mayen hotspot is a proposed volcanic hotspot responsible for the volcanic activity that has formed the island of Jan Mayen in the northern Atlantic...
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    71° N, the latitude of Jan Mayen. However, records of Hudson's voyages suggest that he could only have come across Jan Mayen in 1607 by making an illogical...
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  • Norwegian cuisine (Norwegian: Norsk mat) in its traditional form is based largely on the raw materials readily available in Norway. It differs in many...
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  • world with Joris van Spilbergen. Jan Jacobsz May is best remembered for giving his name to the island of Jan Mayen. As part of an exploratory expedition...
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    symbol. Munksgaard, Jan Henrik (2012): "Flagget − Et nasjonal symbol blir til". Årbok Vest-Agder-museet, Kristiansand, p.15 Munksgaard, Jan Henrik (2012):...
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    transition dates are the same as for other European countries. Svalbard and Jan Mayen observe the same time as the mainland. The westernmost point in Norway...
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    with a population of 5.5 million as of 2024. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of Norway...
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    Nummerplan: E.164, www.nkom.no. Retrieved 29 November 2022. Ansatte, jan.mayen.no. Retrieved 25 January 2017. The Norwegian numbering plan for telephony...
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  • The geology of Jan Mayen is part of the larger Jan Mayen Ridge, an undersea volcanic ridge that forms the boundary of the Iceland Plateau to the northeast...
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    the Nordic Passport Union, and the European Economic Area. Svalbard and Jan Mayen are collectively assigned the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country-code "SJ". Both...
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    Olonkinbyen (category Geography of Jan Mayen)
    (literally The Olonkin Town) is the only settlement on the Norwegian island of Jan Mayen (aside from isolated cottage huts such as Puppebu). It was named after...
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    The Constitution of Norway (complete name: The Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway; Danish: Kongeriget Norges Grundlov; Norwegian Bokmål: Kongeriket...
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    180 sq mi), with 16,360 km2 (6,320 sq mi) being water. With Svalbard and Jan Mayen included, the total area is 385,199 km2 (148,726 sq mi).[citation needed]...
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    Beerenberg (category Landforms of Jan Mayen)
    stratovolcano dominating the northeastern end of the Norwegian island of Jan Mayen. It is 2,277 m (7,470 ft) high and is the world's northernmost subaerial...
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  • Jan Mayensfield (ICAO: ENJA) is an aerodrome serving Olonkinbyen in Jan Mayen, Norway. Operated by the Norwegian Armed Forces, it serves the island's...
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  • challenged and removed. Find sources: "List of settlements in Svalbard and Jan Mayen" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (July 2017) (Learn how...
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  • Same-sex marriage has been legal in Norway since 1 January 2009 when a gender-neutral marriage law came into force after being passed by the Storting in...
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  • Country codes A B C D–E F G H–I J–K L M N O–Q R S T U–Z Notes The 9th edition assigns the code to Serbia and Montenegro as well French Overseas Territories...
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    Greenland Sea, roughly the area south of the Jan Mayen Francture Zone or the line Cape Brewster – Jan Mayen is sometimes referred to as Iceland Sea. The...
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    Iraqi Kurdistan. Data are from the CIA. The Kingdom of Norway, including Jan Mayen and Svalbard, but excluding Bouvet Island and the Antarctic territorial...
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    2014-03-15. Crew, Jan Mayen. "JAN MAYEN HOMESITE, EDITED BY THE JAN MAYEN CREW". www.jan-mayen.no. "Forskrifter om utlendingers adgang til Jan Mayen" [Regulations...
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  • Puppebu (category Geography of Jan Mayen)
    island Jan Mayen. It is bordered by the Bay of Walrus. Although Puppebu does not exceed 3 temporary inhabitants, there is a small stone road, called Jan Mayenveien...
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    broad, open bay mid-way up the west coast of the Norwegian island of Jan Mayen. It lies between Kapp Rudsen and Kvalrossen, comprising Kvalrossbukta...
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  • November 23, 2013. Crew, Jan Mayen. "JAN MAYEN HOMESITE, EDITED BY THE JAN MAYEN CREW". "Forskrifter om utlendingers adgang til Jan Mayen" [Regulations on foreigners'...
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    partly mountainous, including the northern volcanic islands of Iceland and Jan Mayen, and the mountainous western seaboard, Scotland and Scandinavia, and also...
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    The history of Jews in Norway dates back to the 1400s. Although there were very likely Jewish merchants, sailors and others who entered Norway during the...
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