Fun fact 1 about Jan Mayen
island
Jan Mayen Island has one exploitable natural resource, gravel, from a site located at Trongskaret.
Jan Mayen
Norway
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island
Jan Mayen
Norway
Area
377 km²
Location
Norway
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. It has two parts: larger northeast Nord-Jan and smaller Sør-Jan, linked by a 2.5 km (1.6 mi) wide isthmus.
From the “Natural resources” section
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