Svalbard

E27348

Arctic region archipelago

Svalbard is a remote Arctic archipelago known for its rugged glaciers, polar bear habitat, and role as a center for polar research and environmental monitoring.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Spitsbergen	3
Nordaustlandet	1
Norway (Svalbard)	1
Svalbard archipelago	1

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Arctic region ⓘ archipelago ⓘ
administeredBy	Governor of Svalbard ⓘ
containsIsland	Barentsøya ⓘ Bjørnøya ⓘ Edgeøya ⓘ Kvitøya ⓘ Svalbard self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nordaustlandet Prins Karls Forland ⓘ Svalbard self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Spitsbergen
containsSettlement	Barentsburg ⓘ Longyearbyen ⓘ Ny-Ålesund research station ⓘ surface form: Ny-Ålesund Pyramiden ⓘ
country	Norway ⓘ
governedAs	unincorporated area of Norway ⓘ
hasAirport	Svalbard Airport, Longyear ⓘ
hasCapital	Longyearbyen ⓘ
hasClimate	polar climate ⓘ
hasFacility	Svalbard Global Seed Vault ⓘ
hasFeature	fjords ⓘ mountainous terrain ⓘ permafrost ⓘ sea ice ⓘ tundra landscape ⓘ
hasInstitution	University Centre in Svalbard ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage	Norwegian ⓘ Russian ⓘ
hasPort	Port of Longyearbyen ⓘ
hasProtectedArea	Forlandet National Park ⓘ Nordvest-Spitsbergen National Park ⓘ surface form: Indre Wijdefjorden National Park Nordaust-Svalbard Nature Reserve ⓘ Nordenskiöld Land National Park ⓘ Nordvest-Spitsbergen National Park ⓘ Sassen–Bünsow Land National Park ⓘ Sør-Spitsbergen National Park ⓘ Søraust-Svalbard Nature Reserve ⓘ
hasResearchStation	Ny-Ålesund research station ⓘ
highestPoint	Newtontoppen ⓘ
knownFor	coal mining history ⓘ environmental monitoring ⓘ glaciers ⓘ polar bear habitat ⓘ polar research ⓘ
largestSettlement	Longyearbyen ⓘ
legalStatusDefinedBy	Svalbard Treaty ⓘ
locatedIn	Arctic Ocean ⓘ Arctic region ⓘ surface form: High Arctic Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
observesDaylightSavingTime	Central European Summer Time ⓘ
partOf	Kingdom of Norway ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity	coal mining ⓘ research ⓘ tourism ⓘ
sea	Barents Sea ⓘ Greenland Sea ⓘ Norwegian Sea ⓘ
sovereignState	Norway ⓘ
subjectTo	rapid climate change ⓘ
timeZone	Central European Time ⓘ
usedFor	atmospheric research ⓘ glaciology research ⓘ space weather monitoring ⓘ
wildlife	Arctic fox ⓘ Svalbard reindeer ⓘ polar bear ⓘ seals ⓘ walrus ⓘ whales ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fram Strait → borders → Svalbard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Svalbard archipelago

Greenland Sea → borders → Svalbard ⓘ

Northern Norway → containsIsland → Svalbard ⓘ

Svalbard → containsIsland → Svalbard self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spitsbergen

Svalbard → containsIsland → Svalbard self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nordaustlandet

Molloy Deep → countryProximity → Svalbard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Norway (Svalbard)

Willem Barentsz → explored → Svalbard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spitsbergen

Frozen Planet → filmingLocation → Svalbard ⓘ

The North Water → filmingLocation → Svalbard ⓘ

Old Red Sandstone → foundInRegion → Svalbard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spitsbergen

Greenland Sea → hasNearbyArchipelago → Svalbard ⓘ

Norway → hasOverseasTerritory → Svalbard ⓘ

Greenland and Svalbard → hasPart → Svalbard ⓘ

Norwegian krone → isLegalTenderIn → Svalbard ⓘ

Arctic theatre of World War II → locatedIn → Svalbard ⓘ

Haredi Jews → populationCenter → Svalbard ⓘ

Fram Strait → separates → Svalbard ⓘ

Jan Mayen → sharesISO3166CodeWith → Svalbard ⓘ

North Germanic languages → spokenIn → Svalbard ⓘ

Amundsen–Ellsworth–Nobile expedition → startPlace → Svalbard ⓘ

NOK → usedIn → Svalbard ⓘ

Norwegian krone → usedIn → Svalbard ⓘ

Midnight Sun → visibleInRegion → Svalbard ⓘ