Plan a trip to Svalbard & Jan Mayen

Places to see in Svalbard & Jan Mayen

12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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  Jan Mayen

  Island · Jan Mayen

  Jan Mayen is a Norwegian volcanic island in the Arctic Ocean with no permanent population. It is 55 km (34 mi) long (southwest-northeast) and 377 km2 (146 sq mi) in area, partly covered by glaciers.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Gernot Hecker (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Bjørnøya

  Island

  Bear Island is the southernmost island of the Norwegian Svalbard archipelago. The island is located at the limits of the Norwegian and Barents seas, approximately halfway between Spitsbergen and the North Cape.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Bjoern9.jpg (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Nordaustlandet

  Island

  Nordaustlandet is the second-largest island in the archipelago of Svalbard, Norway, with an area of 14,443 square kilometres (5,576 sq mi). It lies north east of Spitsbergen, separated by Hinlopen Strait.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Jerzy Strzelecki (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Kvitøya

  Island

  Kvitøya is an island in the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, with an area of 682 square kilometres (263 sq mi). It is the easternmost part of the Kingdom of Norway. The closest Russian Arctic possession, Victoria Island, lies only 62 kilometres (39 mi) to the east of Kvitøya.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: RichardNeill (CC0). Map

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  Newtontoppen

  Mountain

  Newtontoppen is the largest and highest mountain in Svalbard, at 1,713 metres (5,620 ft). Its peak is the highest point on Svalbard. It is located at the north east corner on the island of Spitsbergen in the Chydeniusfjella range.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Gérard Bodineau (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Isfjorden

  Beach

  Isfjorden is the second longest fjord in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. It lies on the west side of Spitsbergen, an island in the Arctic Ocean about midway between Norway and the North Pole, and the largest in the archipelago.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Jerzy Strzelecki (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Nordvest-Spitsbergen National Park

  Nordvest-Spitsbergen nasjonalpark

  Park & nature

  Nordvest-Spitsbergen National Park is located on the Norwegian arctic archipelago of Svalbard and includes parts of north-west Spitsbergen and nearby islands such as Danes Island and Moffen. It contains, among other things, warm springs and remains of volcanoes in Bockfjorden.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Jerzy Strzelecki (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Adventfjorden

  Beach

  Adventfjorden is a 7 km long and 4 km wide bay running south-eastwards from the southern side of Isfjorden, on the west coast of Spitsbergen in Svalbard. The name represents a corruption of Adventure Bay - probably named after the Hull-built whaleship Adventure, which operated in Isfjorden in 1656.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: R. Henrik Nilsson (CC BY 4.0). Map

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  Svalbard Church

  Svalbard kirke

  Religious

  Svalbard Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Svalbard municipality in Norway. It is located in the village of Longyearbyen. It is the church for the Svalbard parish which is part of the Tromsø domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Miseryfjellet

  Skuld/Miseryfjellet

  Mountain

  Miseryfjellet, at 536 metres (1,759 ft), is the tallest peak on Bear Island (Bjørnøya) of the Norwegian Svalbard archipelago in the Barents Sea. Miseryfjellet is on the eastern side of Bear Island and contains three distinct component peaks, Urd, Verdande and Skuld.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Mikesegeln at English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Nordenskiöld Land National Park

  Van Mijenfjorden nasjonalpark

  Park & nature

  Nordenskiöld Land National Park, also known as Nordenskjøld Land National Park, is a national park in Spitsbergen island in the Svalbard archipelago, Norway.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Jerzy Strzelecki (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Kongsfjorden

  Beach

  Kongsfjorden is an inlet on the west coast of Spitsbergen, an island which is part of the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. The inlet is 26 km (16 mi) long and ranges in width from 6 to 14 km. Two glaciers, Kronebreen and Kongsvegen, head the fjord.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Sphinx (Sphinx 00:21, 12 August 2007 (UTC)) (Public domain). Map