Place:Svalbard, Norway  redirected from Place:Svalbard
TypeDependent state Coordinates78°N 20°E Located inNorway    
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copied from an article in Wikipedia  Svalbard is an archipelago
in the Arctic that constitutes the northernmost part of Norway.
It is located about 400 miles north of mainland Europe, midway
between mainland Norway and the North Pole. The group of islands
range from 74° to 81° north latitude (inside the Arctic Circle)
and from 10° to 35° east longitude. Spitsbergen is the largest
island, followed by Nordaustlandet and Edgeøya. Svalbard is
located in the north-western corner of the Eurasian Plate. To
the south and east, the seabed is shallow at , while to the
north and west it sinks down to about . North of Svalbard there
is pack ice and the North Pole, and to the south mainland
Norway. The Russian archipelago Franz Josef Land and Novaya
Zemlya are located to the east, Green