Islands of Svalbard
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Spitsbergen, Bear Island, Edge ya, Nordaustlandet, Kvit ya, Sju yane, Barents Island, Prince Charles Foreland, Ross ya, Hopen, Kong Karls Land, Dansk ya, L g ya, Nymark, Ytre Norsk ya, Wilhelm ya, Svensk ya, Tusen yane, Halvm ne ya, Kongs ya, Amsterdam ya, Moffen, Aksel ya, B lsche ya, Menke yane, Kong Ludvig yane, Nelson ya, Walden ya, Phipps ya, Kulstadholmane, Schareholmane, Parry ya, Ryke Yse yane, Br kmoholmane, Tiholmane, S rkapp ya, Tr nderen, Bommen, Meinicke yane, Store Br kmoholmen, Havmerra, Kvalbein ya, H kjerringa, Russeholmane, Martens ya, Bruhns ya, Havella, Arendts ya, Russeholmen, Proppen, Horn ya, Tavle ya, Alkekongen, Russebuholmane, R ysholmen, H ungen, H ya, Svalbard, Brotskjer, Vesle Meinicke ya, Lang ra, Slette ya, Tufsen, kongen, Skr holmen, Rullestein ya, Vesle Tavle ya, Blokk ya, Vindholmen, Spunset, Store Meinicke ya, H kallen, Alka, Sperra, Gassen, Bl m ken, Utsira, Teisten, Islomen, Tareloppa, Berentine ya, Rugla, Lur ya. Excerpt: Spitsbergen (formerly known as West Spitsbergen; Norwegian: Vest Spitsbergen or Vestspitsbergen) is the largest and only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in Norway. Constituting the western-most bulk of the archipelago, it borders Arctic Ocean, the Norwegian Sea and the Greenland Sea. Spitsbergen covers an area of 39,044 km (15,075 sq mi), making it the largest island in Norway and the 36th-largest in the world. The administrative centre is Longyearbyen, and other settlements, in addition to research outposts, are the Russian mining community of Barentsburg, the research community of Ny- lesund and the mining outpost of Sveagruva. The island was first used as a whaling base in the 17th and 18th centuries, after which it was abandoned. Coal mining started at the beginning of the 20th century, and several permanent communities were estab...
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