Bear Island

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Bear Island is a remote, largely uninhabited Norwegian island in the Barents Sea, situated between mainland Norway and the Svalbard archipelago.

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Label Occurrences
Bear Island canonical 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island
nature reserve
protected area
administeredBy Norwegian Polar Institute NERFINISHED
area approximately 178 km²
climate subarctic maritime climate
country Norway
designatedAs nature reserve
discoveredBy Willem Barentsz NERFINISHED
discoveryYear 1596
distanceTo about 230 km south of Spitsbergen
about 400 km north of mainland Norway
elevation Miseryfjellet 536 m
governedUnder Svalbard Treaty framework (Norwegian jurisdiction) NERFINISHED
hasCoastlineFeature bays
rocky shores
sea cliffs
hasEconomicActivityHistory coal exploration
sealing
whaling
hasEnglishName Bear Island NERFINISHED
hasFauna Arctic fox
polar bears
seabirds
seals
hasFlora Arctic tundra vegetation
hasOfficialName Bjørnøya NERFINISHED
hasPermanentPopulation no
hasSeasonalPopulation yes
hasWeatherStation yes
highestPoint Miseryfjellet NERFINISHED
importantFor Arctic wildlife
seabird colonies
islandGroup Svalbard NERFINISHED
latitude approximately 74.5° N
locatedBetween Svalbard archipelago NERFINISHED
mainland Norway
locatedIn Arctic Ocean
Arctic region
Barents Sea NERFINISHED
longitude approximately 19° E
namedAfter a polar bear seen during discovery
natureReserveSince 2002
partOf Norway NERFINISHED
sovereignState Norway NERFINISHED
surroundedBy steep cliffs in many places
uninhabited largely true
weatherStationOperatedBy Norway NERFINISHED

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

Svalbard Treaty appliesToTerritory Bear Island
Bjørnøya nameMeaning Bear Island
Alistair MacLean notableWork Bear Island