DEVELOPING RENEWABLE ENERGY IN ARCTIC AND SUB-ARCTIC REGIONS AND COMMUNITIES

ANNEX B: GLOSSARY
Arctic – The terrestrial and marine areas north of the Arctic Circle (66°32’N), and
north of 62°N in Asia and 60°N in North America, modified to include the marine
areas north of the Aleutian chain, Hudson Bay, and parts of the North Atlantic
Ocean including the Labrador Sea. i
Each country with land in the Arctic defines its own arctic regions differently.
The following definitions were presented in the Arctic Council’s Protection of the
Arctic Marine Environment Working Group’s Offshore Oil and Gas Guidelines ii :
• Canada – all lands north of 60 degrees North latitude, the drainage area of the
Yukon Territory, and the costal zone area of Hudson Bay and James Bay.
• Kingdom of Denmark – The Arctic areas of Denmark include the Faroe Islands
and Greenland
• Finland – Territory north from the Polar Circle
• Iceland – all of Iceland is considered to be within the Arctic area.
• Norway – In accordance with the Arctic Council’s Offshore Oil and Gas
Guidelines, 62 degrees North latitude in the Norwegian Sea areas is the
delimitation between northern and southern Norwegian areas.
• Sweden – In accordance with the Arctic Council’s Offshore Oil and Gas
Guidelines, the Arctic Circle has been used as the southern delimitation of the
Arctic Area.
• Russian Federation - In accordance with the draft Law of the Russian Federation
“On Zoning of North Russia”, the Arctic areas of North Russia include:
• All lands and islands of the Arctic Ocean and its seas;
• Within the Murmansk region: Pechenga district (coastal areas of the
Barents Sea including populated centers located on Sredniy and Rybachiy
Peninsulas, as well as Liynakhamareye populated center, and the towntype
settlement of Pechenga) Kolsk district (territories administered
by the Tyuman and Ura-Guba rural government bodies), Lovozersk
district (territory under the Sosnovsk rural government body), territory
administered by the Severomorsk municipal government, and closed
administrative-territorial entities of Zaozersk, Skalistiy, Snezhnogorsk,
Ostrovnoy, and the city of Polyarniy with populated centers administratively
Attached to it;
• Nenets autonomous national area – all territory;
• Within the Komi Republic – city of Vorkuta, within areas managed by it;
• Within the Yamal-Nenets autonomous national area; Priural, Tazov, and
Yamal District, and territories and administered by the Salekhard and
Labytnang Municipal governments;
• Taimyr (Dolgan-Nenets autonomous area) – all territory;
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