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Jan Mayen is an island in the Arctic Ocean. It is part of Norway. The island's area is 373 km². A large part of the island is an active volcano, the Beerenberg, which is 2,277m high. Jan Mayen is 600 km north of Iceland, 500 km east of Greenland and 1000 km west of the Norwegian mainland.[1]
There is a radio station and a meteorological station on the island. The staff at these stations are the only people living on the island.
- ↑ "Jan Mayen" at CIA World Factbook Archived 2012-02-08 at the Wayback Machine; excerpt, "no indigenous inhabitants"; retrieved 2013-4-19.