NationMaster - Jan Mayen Geography statistics

Area > Comparative slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
Area > Comparative to US places slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
Area > Land	197 sq km	[197th of 236]
Area > Total	209 sq km	[209th of 248]
Area > Water	147 sq km	[147th of 237]
Climate arctic maritime with frequent storms and persistent fog
Coastline	163 km	[163rd of 249]
Elevation extremes > Highest point Haakon VII Toppen/Beerenberg 2,277 m
Elevation extremes > Lowest point	Norwegian Sea 0 m
Geographic coordinates	71 00 N, 8 00 W
Geography > Note barren volcanic island with some moss and grass
Irrigated land	183 sq km	[183rd of 185]
Land use > Other	23 %	[23rd of 241]
Land use > Permanent crops	200 %	[200th of 241]
Location Northern Europe, island between the Greenland Sea and the Norwegian Sea, northeast of Iceland
Map references	Arctic Region
Maritime claims > Continental shelf 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone	104 nm	[104th of 121]
Population density	235 people per sqkm	[235th of 256]
Terrain volcanic island, partly covered by glaciers

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SOURCES: The area of various small countries expressed in comparison to various areas within the United States of America. ; This entry provides an area comparison based on total area equivalents. Most entities are compared with the entire US or one of the 50 states based on area measurements (1990 revised) provided by the US Bureau of the Census. The smaller entities are compared with Washington, DC (178 sq km, 69 sq mi) or The Mall in Washington, DC (0.59 sq km, 0.23 sq mi, 146 acres). ; Total land area in square kilometres ; Total area in square kilometers ; Total water area in square kilometers ; A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year. ; The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea. ; Highest point above sea level ; Lowest point relative to sea level ; This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the purpose of finding the approximate geographic center of an entity and is based on the Gazetteer of Conventional Names, Third Edition, August 1988, US Board on Geographic Names and on other sources. ; This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere. ; The number of square kilometers of land area that is artificially supplied with water. ; The percentage share of used land that is not arable or under permanent crops. This includes permanent meadows and pastures, forests and woodlands, built-on areas, roads, barren land, etc. ; The percentage share of used land on which permanent crops are grown. This is land cultivated for crops that are not replanted after each harvest like citrus, coffee, and rubber. It includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. ; The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water. ; The name of the CIA World Factbook reference map on which a country may be found. The entry on Geographic coordinates may be helpful in finding some smaller countries. ; Continental shelf - the LOS Convention (Article 76) defines the continental shelf of a coastal State as comprising the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas that extend beyond its territorial sea throughout the natural prolongation of its land territory to the outer edge of the continental margin, or to a distance of 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured where the outer edge of the continental margin does not extend up to that distance; the continental margin comprises the submerged prolongation of the landmass of the coastal State, and consists of the seabed and subsoil of the shelf, the slope and the rise; it does not include the deep ocean floor with its oceanic ridges or the subsoil thereof. A full and definitive definition can be found in the Law of the Sea (LOS) Convention. ; Exclusive economic zone (EEZ) - the LOS Convention (Part V) defines the EEZ as a zone beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea in which a coastal State has: sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natura ; People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42.; A brief description of the topography

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