Norway Yearbook - 2003

Geographical survey
The Kingdom of Norway consists of the mainland, the archipelago of Svalbard and the island
Jan Mayen.
The mainland consists of continental Norway and every island, islet and rock within the Norwegian
baseline.
Svalbard consists of Bjørnøya, Spitsbergen, Nordaustlandet, Barentsøya, Edgeøya, Kong Karls land,
Hopen, Prins Karls forland, Kvitøya and every island, islet and rock situated between 74°and 81° N.
lattitude and between loo and 35°E. longitude. By an international treaty (the Svalbard treaty), signed
on 9 February 1920, Norway's sovereignty over the archipelago was recognised. On 17 July 1925 the
archipelago was officially incorporated into the Kingdom of Norway.
Jan Mayen is an island situated in the northern Atlantic. On 8 May 1929 it was placed under Norwegian
sovereignty, and became by law of 27 February 1930 a part of the Kingdom of Norway.
The Antarctic islands Bouvet Island, Peter l's Island and Queen Maud's land (20°W. and 45° E.) on
the Antarctic continent are dependencies. They were placed under Norwegian sovereignty by law of
27 February 1930, parliamentary resolution of 23 April 1931 and royal announcement of 14 January
1939, respectively. The dependencies are not part of the Kingdom of Norway.
Geographical delimitation of the mainland and the Kingdom of Norway
Delimitation
North
South
East
West
The mainland including
islands
Knivskjelodden on
Magerøya in Nordkapp
municipality.
71°1l' 09" N.
Pysen in MandaI
municipality.
57°57'31" N.
Hornøya in Vardø
municipality.
3l0l007 E.
Holmeben by Utvr
in Solund municipality.
04° 29' 57" E.
Coastline, width and land frontiers
of the mainland
Coastline
Without fjords and bays
With fjords and bays
Islands
Total
Width
Largest
Smallest (at Hellemobotn ¡n Tys fjord)
Distance Kinnarodden - Lindesnes
Land frontier
With Sweden
With Finland
With Russia
Total
The mainland excluding
islands
Kinnarodden on Nordkinnhalv'a
in Gamvik
and Lebesby municipalities.
7lo08 02" N.
Lindesnes in Lindesnes
municipality.
57° 58' 46" N.
Kibergneset in Vardø
municipality.
31°03' 52" E.
Vardetangen on Lindâshalvøya
in Austrheim municipality.
04° 56' 43" E.
Area
The Kingdom of
Norway
Rossøya on
Svalbard.
80°49'45" N.
Pysen in MandaI
municipality.
57° 57' 31" N.
Krmerpynten on
Kvit'a, Svalbard.
33°31'OS" E.
Høybergodden on
Jan Mayen.
09°04'39" E.
km Area km2
2 650 Kingdom of Norway 385 155
25 148 Mainland 323 758
58 133 Svalbard 61 020
83 281 Jan Mayen 377
km Dependencies km2
430 Queen Maud's land
6 Bouvet Island 49
1 752 Peter l's Island 156
km In the sea km2
1 619 Between the baseline and the coast *90 126
727 Between the baseline and 4 nautical miles
196 (territorial
*
border)
18 865
2 542 Between the baseline and 12 nautical miles
(fishing limit) *56 705
Between the baseline and 200 nautical miles
(economic zone)
With median line towards Russia *878 575
With sector principle towards Russia . .
*815 723
Maritime zone around Svalbard *803 993
Maritime zone around Jan Mayen *296 611
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