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<text id=93CT1307>
<title>
Svalbard--Geography
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Svalbard
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: in the Arctic Ocean where the Arctic Ocean, Barents
Sea, Greenland Sea, and Norwegian Sea meet, 445 km north of
Norway
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 62,049 km2</l>
<l> land area: 62,049 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly smaller than West Virginia</l>
</list>
<p>note: includes Spitsbergen and Bjornoya (Bear Island)
</p>
<p>Land boundaries: 0 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 3,587 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm unilaterally claimed by
Norway but not recognized by Russia</l>
<l> territorial sea: 4 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: focus of maritime boundary dispute in
the Barents Sea between Norway and Russia
</p>
<p>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
</p>
<p>Terrain: wild, rugged mountains; much of high land ice
covered; west coast clear of ice about half the year; fjords
along west and north coasts
</p>
<p>Natural resources: coal, copper, iron ore, phosphate, zinc,
wildlife, fish
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 0%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 0%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 0%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 0%</l>
<l> other: 100% (no trees and the only bushes are crowberry and
cloudberry)</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: NA km2
</p>
<p>Environment: great calving glaciers descend to the sea
</p>
<p>Note: northernmost part of the Kingdom of Norway; consists of
nine main islands; glaciers and snowfields cover 60% of the
total area
</p></body></article></text>