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Svalbard

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Svalbard (SV). Explore satellite imagery of Longyearbyen, the capital city of Svalbard, on the Google Maps of Arctic Region below.

Svalbard (GPS: 78 00 N, 20 00 E) is located in Northern Europe, islands between the Arctic Ocean, Barents Sea, Greenland Sea, and the Norwegian Sea, north of Norway. The country’s area measurements are total: 62,045 sq km; land: 62,045 sq km, water: 0 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than West Virginia. The total irrigated land is N/A.

One of the important features of Svalbard: Northernmost part of the Kingdom of Norway. It consists of nine main islands. Glaciers and snowfields cover 60% of the total area. Spitsbergen Island is the Svalbard Global Seed Vault site, a seed repository established by the Global Crop Diversity Trust and the Norwegian Government.

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