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Area > A note includes Spitsbergen and Bjornoya (Bear Island)
Area > Comparative slightly smaller than West Virginia
Area > Comparative to US places slightly smaller than West Virginia
Area > Land	122 sq km	[122nd of 236]
Area > Note includes Spitsbergen and Bjornoya (Bear Island)
Area > Total	129 sq km	[129th of 248]
Area > Water	171 sq km	[171st of 237]
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
Coastline	38 km	[38th of 249]
Elevation extremes > Highest point	Newtontoppen 1,717 m
Elevation extremes > Lowest point	Arctic Ocean 0 m
Geography > Note northernmost part of the Kingdom of Norway; consists of nine main islands; glaciers and snowfields cover 60% of the total area; site of future seed repository under construction by the Global Crop Diversity Trust and the Norwegian Government
Land use > Other	2 %	[2nd of 241]
Location Northern Europe, islands between the Arctic Ocean, Barents Sea, Greenland Sea, and Norwegian Sea, north of Norway
Map references	Arctic Region
Maritime claims > Exclusive fishing zone	21 nm	[21st of 33]
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
Natural resources coal, iron ore, copper, zinc, phosphate, wildlife, fish
Population density	231 people per sqkm	[231st of 256]
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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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 ; This entry includes three subfields. Total area is the sum of all land and water areas delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines. Land area is the aggregate of all surfaces delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines, excluding inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Water area is the sum of the surfaces of all inland water bodies, such as lakes, reservoirs, or rivers, as delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines. ; 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 miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere. ; 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 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. ; Exclusive fishing zone - while this term is not used in the LOS Convention, some States (e.g. the United Kingdom) have chosen not to claim an EEZ, but rather to claim jurisdiction over the living resources off their coast; in such cases, the term exclusive fishing zone is often used. ; Potential natural disasters. ; A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance. ; People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42.; A brief description of the topography

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Svalbard, Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitzbergen)

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