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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 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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    The Jan Mayen class is a Norwegian Coast Guard ship class built in the 2020s, that was designed and ordered to replace the ageing Nordkapp-class offshore...
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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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    situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island...
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  • Norwegian cuisine (Norwegian: Norsk mat) in its traditional form is based largely on the raw materials readily available in Norway and its mountains, wilderness...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    transition dates are the same as for other European countries. Svalbard and Jan Mayen observe the same time as the mainland. Norway stretches more to the west...
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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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    The Constitution of Norway (complete name: The Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway; Danish: Kongeriget Norges Grundlov; Norwegian Bokmål: Kongeriket...
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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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  • Norway. Classified as a territory by the ISO 3166-1, which groups it with Jan Mayen (377 km2). Area is 34,651 km2 when including the Caribbean Netherlands...
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    "Ja, vi elsker dette landet" (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈjɑː viː ˈɛ̂lskə ˈɖɛ̂tːə ˈlɑ̀nːə] ; English: "Yes, we love this country") is the Norwegian national...
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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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    ridge running between Iceland and the Faroe Islands. To the north, the Jan Mayen Ridge separates it from the Greenland Sea. Unlike many other seas, most...
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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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    The registration plates of cars in Norway are maintained by the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications. As in most countries, cars are identified...
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    judicial examinations—albeit never in the same cases as acting as police. Jan Mayen is subordinate to Salten Police District. Norway has a unified police...
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    Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Norway have the same legal rights as non-LGBT people. In 1981, Norway became one of the first...
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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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  •  Jamaica Jamaica UN member JM JAM 388 ISO 3166-2:JM .jm  Jan Mayen – See Svalbard and Jan Mayen.  Japan Japan UN member JP JPN 392 ISO 3166-2:JP .jp  Jersey...
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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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    Nordkapp (North Cape) is the northernmost point of Jan Mayen, located at the northeastern extreme of the island. The cape is some 490 km east of eastern...
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  • Amsterdam) by competing mapmaking firms led by Lucas Waghenaer, Joan Blaeu, Jan Janssonius, Claes Janszoon Visscher, and Frederik de Wit. Notable representatives...
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