חיפוש ברשת מילון חיפוש בפורום
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חיפוש ברשת מילון חיפוש בפורום |
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| CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
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Location: |
Northern Europe, islands between the Arctic Ocean, Barents Sea, Greenland Sea, and Norwegian Sea, north of Norway |
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Geographic coordinates: |
78 00 N, 20 00 E |
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Map references: |
Arctic Region |
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Area: |
total: 62,049 sq km land: 62,049 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Spitsbergen and Bjornoya (Bear Island) |
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Area - comparative: |
slightly smaller than West Virginia |
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Land boundaries: |
0 km |
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Coastline: |
3,587 km |
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Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 4 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm unilaterally claimed by Norway but not recognized by Russia |
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Climate: |
arctic, tempered by warm North Atlantic Current; cool summers, cold winters; North Atlantic Current flows along west and north coasts of Spitsbergen, keeping water open and navigable most of the year |
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Terrain: |
wild, rugged mountains; much of high land ice covered; west coast clear of ice about one-half of the year; fjords along west and north coasts |
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Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Arctic Ocean 0 m highest point: Newtontoppen 1,717 m |
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Natural resources: |
coal, iron ore, copper, zinc, phosphate, wildlife, fish |
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Land use: |
arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (no trees, and the only bushes are crowberry and cloudberry) (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
NA sq km |
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Natural hazards: |
ice floes often block the entrance to Bellsund (a transit point for coal export) on the west coast and occasionally make parts of the northeastern coast inaccessible to maritime traffic |
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Environment - current issues: |
NA |
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Geography - note: |
northernmost part of the Kingdom of Norway; consists of nine main islands; glaciers and snowfields cover 60% of the total area |
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| CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
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Location: |
Northern Europe, islands between the Arctic Ocean, Barents Sea, Greenland Sea, and Norwegian Sea, north of Norway |
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Geographic coordinates: |
78 00 N, 20 00 E |
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Map references: |
Arctic Region |
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Area: |
total: 62,049 sq km land: 62,049 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Spitsbergen and Bjornoya (Bear Island) |
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Area - comparative: |
slightly smaller than West Virginia |
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Land boundaries: |
0 km |
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Coastline: |
3,587 km |
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Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 4 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm unilaterally claimed by Norway but not recognized by Russia |
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Climate: |
arctic, tempered by warm North Atlantic Current; cool summers, cold winters; North Atlantic Current flows along west and north coasts of Spitsbergen, keeping water open and navigable most of the year |
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Terrain: |
wild, rugged mountains; much of high land ice covered; west coast clear of ice about one-half of the year; fjords along west and north coasts |
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Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Arctic Ocean 0 m highest point: Newtontoppen 1,717 m |
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Natural resources: |
coal, iron ore, copper, zinc, phosphate, wildlife, fish |
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Land use: |
arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (no trees, and the only bushes are crowberry and cloudberry) (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
NA sq km |
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Natural hazards: |
ice floes often block the entrance to Bellsund (a transit point for coal export) on the west coast and occasionally make parts of the northeastern coast inaccessible to maritime traffic |
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Environment - current issues: |
NA |
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Geography - note: |
northernmost part of the Kingdom of Norway; consists of nine main islands; glaciers and snowfields cover 60% of the total area |
More about Svalbard: