Svalbard is an Arctic wilderness archipelago comprising the northernmost part of Norway. There are twenty-nine protected natural areas, consisting of...

1946 are automatically protected. The protected areas make up 65% of the archipelago. Svalbard is on Norway's tentative list for nomination as a UNESCO...

This list includes three measurements of area: Total area: the sum of land and water areas within international boundaries and coastlines. Land area: the...

of the territorial waters. The largest protected areas are Nordaust-Svalbard Nature Reserve and Søraust-Svalbard Nature Reserve, which cover most of the...

The Svalbard Treaty (originally the Spitsbergen Treaty) recognises the sovereignty of Norway over the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, at the time called...

[ˈbjø̀ːɳœʏɑ]) is the southernmost island of the Norwegian Svalbard archipelago. The island is located at the limits of the Norwegian and Barents seas, approximately...

largest inhabited area of Svalbard, Norway. It stretches along the foot of the left bank of the Longyear Valley and on the shore of Adventfjorden, the...

only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway. Constituting the westernmost bulk of the archipelago, it borders the Arctic...

at Svalbard, Norway, established in 1973. It includes Hermansen Island on the west coast of Oscar II Land. The protected area covers a total area of around...

original (PDF) on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2011. "Protected Areas in Svalbard". Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management. Archived from...

Norway has a long coastline, protected by skerries and much dissected by fjords, and the mostly-icebound archipelago of Svalbard lies further north. The flora...

country that is part of the United Kingdom, contains protected areas under various designations. The largest designation by land area is Wales' three national...

ID: PA1101) is a terrestrial ecoregion that covers the island groups of Svalbard, Franz Josef Land, Severny Island and Severnaya Zemlya in the Arctic...

area which is often considered part of the Kola Peninsula tundra ecoregion (PA1106). Svalbard and Jan Mayen have tundra vegetation except for areas covered...

This is a list of museums in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. Barentsburg Pomor Museum, located in Barentsburg Ny-Ålesund Town and...

on the island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway. It is situated on the Brøgger peninsula (Brøggerhalvøya) and on the shore of the bay of Kongsfjorden...

the auspices of the United States' Endangered Species Act. The IUCN Red List data are: Svalbard population – critically endangered Sea of Okhotsk subpopulation...

areas dominated by exposure of mineral earth. The area around the fjord has a vegetation which is unique and not preserved in other areas of Svalbard...

Schengen Area must have such visa if they travel to Svalbard via mainland Norway, and this must be a double-entry visa if they also return from Svalbard via...

bears were left in Svalbard. Only with the passage of the treaty did they begin to recover. The Soviet Union banned the harvest of polar bears in 1956;...

(PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2013. "The Svalbard Treaty". Governor of Svalbard. 9 April 2008. Archived from the original on 6 May 2012...

This is a list of mobile telephone prefixes by country. List of country calling codes The original prefix issued to the mobile network operator. Due to...

following is a list of explorers. Their common names, countries of origin (modern and former), centuries when they were active and main areas of exploration...

Archipelago. More than one-fifth of the island is protected as Quttinirpaaq National Park. In 2021, the population of Ellesmere Island was recorded at...

the most conventional methods of ex situ conservation. Also in ex situ conservation, all of which house whole, protected specimens for breeding and reintroduction...

found along the northern coasts of Russia, Norway, Canada, and Alaska, including the Norwegian Archipelago of Svalbard and Canadian Arctic Archipelago...

Kongsøya is an island in Svalbard, Norway. It is the largest of the islands in King Charles Land (Kong Karls Land). Its area is 191 square kilometres...

are not accepted). Svalbard is part of Norway and has a special status under international law. It is not part of the Schengen Area. There is no visa regime...

separately, in the ISO 3166-1 standard, Jan Mayen and Svalbard are collectively designated as Svalbard and Jan Mayen, with the two-letter country code "SJ"...

(1998–1999) Pio Tuia, Head of government (1999–2000) Kolouei O'Brien, Head of government (2000–2001) Norway Monarchs Prime ministers Svalbard, territory Governors...