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ITEM ID     : CI WOFACT WO0121
DATE        : Oct 28, 1994
 
AGENCY      : CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
PROGRAM     : WORLD FACTBOOK
TITLE       : World Factbook: Jan Mayen
 
Source key      : CI 
Program key     : CI WOFACT 
Update sched.   : Annually         
Data type       : TEXT 
End year        : 1994
Date of record  : 19941020
Keywords 3      :  
Keywords 3      : | Jan Mayen 
 
 
                                 Jan Mayen
 
 
                                  Header
 
Affiliation:
     (territory of Norway)
 
                                 Geography
 
Location:
     Nordic State, Northern Europe, in the North Atlantic Ocean, north of
     the Arctic Circle about 590 km north-northeast of Iceland, between the
     Greenland Sea and the Norwegian Sea
Map references:
     Arctic Region
Area:
total area:
     373 sq km
land area:
     373 sq km
comparative area:
     slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries:
     0 km
Coastline:
     124.1 km
Maritime claims:
contiguous zone:
     10 nm
continental shelf:
     200-m depth or to depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone:
     200 nm
territorial sea:
     4 nm
International disputes:
     dispute between Denmark and Norway over maritime boundary in Arctic
     Ocean between Greenland and Jan Mayen has been settled by the
     International Court of Justice
Climate:
     arctic maritime with frequent storms and persistent fog
Terrain:
     volcanic island, partly covered by glaciers; Beerenberg is the highest
     peak, with an elevation of 2,277 meters
Natural resources:
     none
Land use:
arable land:
     0%
permanent crops:
     0%
meadows and pastures:
     0%
forest and woodland:
     0%
 
 
other:
     100%
Irrigated land:
     0 sq km
Environment:
current issues:
     NA
natural hazards:
     volcanic activity resumed in 1970
international agreements:
     NA
Note:
     barren volcanic island with some moss and grass
 
                                  People
 
Population:
     no permanent inhabitants; note - there are personnel who man the LORAN
     C base and the weather and coastal services radio station
 
                                Government
 
Names:
conventional long form:
     none
conventional short form:
Digraph:
     JN
Type:
     territory of Norway
Capital:
     none; administered from Oslo, Norway, through a governor (sysselmann)
     resident in Longyearbyen (Svalbard)
Independence:
     none (territory of Norway)
 
                                  Economy
 
Overview:
     Jan Mayen is a volcanic island with no exploitable natural resources.
     Economic activity is limited to providing services for employees of
     Norway's radio and meteorological stations located on the island.
Electricity:
capacity:
     15,000 kW
production:
     40 million kWh
consumption per capita:
     NA (1992)
 
                              Communications
 
 
Highways:
total:
     NA
paved:
     NA
unpaved:
     NA
Ports:
     none; offshore anchorage only
Airports:
total:
     1
usable:
     1
with permanent-surface runways:
     0
with runways over 3,659 m:
     0
with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
     0
with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
     1
Telecommunications:
     radio and meteorological station
 
                              Defense Forces
 
Note:
     defense is the responsibility of Norway
 
 
 
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This section of THE WORLD FACTBOOK 1994 produced by the United States
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was derived from the US Dept. of Commerce
Economics and Statistics Division's NATIONAL TRADE DATA BANK (NTDB) CD-ROM,
November, 1994, SuDoc No. C 1.88:994/11/v.1-2 / Presented by Raleigh Muns,
(srcmuns@umslvma.umsl.edu) University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.