Spitsbergen
Appearance
![]() Svalbard archipelago ke map, jisme Spitsbergen laal rang me hae. Inset islands ke jagha Northern Europe me dekhae hae. | |
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Geography | |
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Location | Arctic Ocean |
Coordinates | 78°45′N 16°00′E / 78.750°N 16.000°E |
Archipelago | Svalbard |
Area | 37,673 km2 (15,000 sq mi) |
Area rank | 36th |
Highest elevation | 1,717 m (5633 ft)[1] |
Highest point | Newtontoppen |
Administration | |
Norway | |
Largest settlement | Longyearbyen (pop. 2,417) |
Demographics | |
Population | 2,884 (2020) |
Spitsbergen (no-NO-03; jiske pahile West Spitsbergen ke naam se jaana jaawat rahaa; Norwegian: Vest Spitsbergen or Vestspitsbergen no, aur jiske kabhi-kabhi Spitzbergen spell karaa jaae hae)[2][3][4][5] Svalbard archipelago ke sab se barraa aur khaali ekke island northern Norway ke Arctic Ocean me hae jisme koi rahe hae.
- ↑ Scheffel, Richard L., ed. (1980). Natural Wonders of the World. United States of America: Reader's Digest Association, Inc. p. 355. ISBN 0-89577-087-3. https://archive.org/details/naturalwondersof00sche.
- ↑ "Of this Spitsbergen archipelago, the main island (the biggest) had the Norwegian name 'Vest Spitsbergen' ('West Spitsbergen' in English).” Umbreit, Spitsbergen (2009), p. ix.
- ↑ "Spitsbergen… an Arctic archipelago… comprising the five large islands of West Spitsbergen…". Hugh Chisholm (ed.), Encyclopædia Britannica (1911), p. 708
- ↑ ”… the Archipelago of Spitsbergen, comprising, with Bear Island… all the islands situated between 10deg. and 35deg. longitude East of Greenwich and between 74deg. and 81 deg. latitude North, especially West Spitsbergen…” Treaty concerning the Archipelago of Spitsbergen (1920), p. 1.
- ↑ Berulfsen, Bjarne (1969) (in no). Norsk Uttaleordbok. Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co (W Nygaard). pp. 301, 356.