About Svalbard


Location
Group of islands between 74° - 81° N and 10° - 35° E.
Area 63 000 sq.km.; 60% covered by glacier
Largest islands Spitsbergen, Nordaustlandet, Barentsøya, Edgeøya and Prins Karls Forland
Settlements
  • Longyearbyen (Norwegian administrative centre) 2 080 inhabitants
  • Barentsburg (Russian mining community) 500 inhabitants
  • Ny-Ålesund (Norw. international research centre) 40 inhabitants
  • Sveagruva (Norwegian mining community) 210 commuters
  • Hornsund (Polish research station) 8 inhabitants
Administration Norwegian sovereignty, regulated by the Svalbard Treaty of 1920.
Transportation By plane from/to Oslo and Tromsø, Norway.
There are no roads connecting the communities on Svalbard.

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