About Svalbard:
Svalbard is an archipelago between the
Arctic Ocean,
Barents Sea,
Greenland Sea and
Norwegian Sea, constituting the northernmost part of Norway.
The treaty defines Svalbard as all islands, islets and skerries from 74° to 81° north latitude, and from 10° to 35° east longitude.
All settlements are located on Spitsbergen, except the meteorological outposts on
Bjørnøya and
Hopen.
The Norwegian state took possession of all unclaimed land, or 95.2% of the archipelago, at the time the Spitsbergen. (Wikipedia)
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