Arctic islands Arctic islands Barentsøya or Barents Island is one of the smaller islands in the Svalbard archipelago, just north of Edge Island or Edgeøya. It has no permanent inhabitants. It is named for Dutch explorer Willem Barents. It a part of Norway. ...more on Wikipedia about "Barentsøya"
Bjørnøya ( Norwegian for "Bear Island") is an arctic island of Norway that forms the southernmost part of Svalbard. It is located in the western part of the Barents Sea at , approximately halfway between Spitsbergen and the North Cape. Upon its discovery by Willem Barents on 10 June 1596, it was named when a polar bear was seen swimming nearby. Bjørnøya remained formally terra nullius until the Svalbard Treaty of 1920 placed it under Norwegian sovereignty. Despite its remote location and barren nature, the island has seen some commercial activities in past centuries, such as coal mining, fishing and whaling. However, no settlements have lasted more than a few years, and Bjørnøya is now uninhabited with the exception of the meteorological station personnel. Along with the adjacent waters, it was declared a nature reserve in 2002. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bjørnøya"
Franz Josef Land ( Russ. Земля Франца Иосифа, Zemlja Frantsa Iosifa) is an archipelago located in the far north of Russia. It is found in the Arctic Ocean north of Novaya Zemlya and east of Svalbard, and is administered by Arkhangelsk Oblast. Franz Josef Land consists of 191 ice-covered islands with an area of 16,134 km² and is largely uninhabited. ...more on Wikipedia about "Franz Josef Land"
Jan Mayen Island, a part of the Kingdom of Norway, is a 373 km² arctic volcanic island partly covered by glaciers and divided into two parts by a narrow isthmus. It lies 600km north of Iceland, 500km east of Greenland and 1000km west of the Norwegian mainland at . The island is mountainous, the highest summit being Beerenberg in the north (2277 m). ...more on Wikipedia about "Jan Mayen"
New Siberian Islands ( Russian: Новосиби́рские острова), an archipelago, located to the North of the East Siberian coast between the Laptev Sea and the East Siberian Sea north of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic. ...more on Wikipedia about "New Siberian Islands"
The archipelago of Novaya Zemlya ( , "New Land"; formerly known in Dutch and English as Nova Zembla) consists of two major islands in the Arctic Ocean in the north of Russia, separated by the narrow Matochkin Strait, and a number of smaller ones. The two main islands are Severny (northern) and Yuzhny (southern). Novaya Zemlya separates the Barents Sea from the Kara Sea. The total area is about 90,650 km². ...more on Wikipedia about "Novaya Zemlya"
Severnaya Zemlya (Северная Земля, Russian, Northern Land) is an archipelago located in the Arctic Ocean. It is located near the Taymyr Peninsula, north of 80°N latitude, between the Kara and Laptev Seas. The four major islands, October Revolution, Bolshevik, Komsomolets, and Pioneer, and a number of smaller islands, cover a total area of about 37,000 sq. km. Politically, they are part of Russia's Krasnoyarsk Territory. ...more on Wikipedia about "Severnaya Zemlya"
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Svalbard is the name of an archipelago lying in the Arctic Ocean north of mainland Europe, about midway between Norway and the North Pole. It consists of a group of islands ranging from 74 ° to 81° North, and 10° to 34° East; it is the northernmost part of the Kingdom of Norway. The archipelago is part of the Kingdom of Norway. Three islands are populated: Spitsbergen, Bjørnøya and Hopen. The Svalbard Treaty recognises Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard. With the 1925 Svalbard Act, Norway chose to make Svalbard a part of the Kingdom, and not a dependent area. ...more on Wikipedia about "Svalbard"
Vaygach Island (sometimes Vaigach) (Вайгач in Russian) is an island in the Arctic Sea on the border of the Barents Sea and Kara Sea. ...more on Wikipedia about "Vaygach"
Wrangel Island ( Russian: Остров Врангеля Ostrov Vrangelya) is an island in the Arctic Ocean, between the Chukchi and East Siberian Seas, and belonging to the Russian Federation. Wrangel Island lies across the 180° meridian. The International date line is displaced eastwards at this latitude to avoid the island as well as Chukotka on the Russian mainland. The island is about 125 kilometers (78 miles) wide and 7300 square kilometers (2800 square miles) in area. The highest point on the island is Sovetskaya Mountain (1096 meters, or 3596 feet). ...more on Wikipedia about "Wrangel Island"
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