Jan Mayen

Location	Northern Europe, island between the Greenland Sea and the Norwegian Sea, northeast of Iceland
Geographic coordinates	71 00 N, 8 00 W
Map references	Arctic Region
Area	total: 377 sq km land: 377 sq km water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative	slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries	0 km
Coastline	124.1 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 4 nm contiguous zone: 10 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation
Climate	arctic maritime with frequent storms and persistent fog
Terrain	volcanic island, partly covered by glaciers
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Norwegian Sea 0 m highest point: Haakon VII Toppen on Beerenberg 2,277 m note: Beerenberg volcano has numerous peaks; the highest point on the volcano rim is named Haakon VII Toppen, after Norway's first king following the reestablishment of Norwegian independence in 1905
Natural resources	none
Land use	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)
Irrigated land	0 sq km
Natural hazards	dominated by the volcano Beerenberg volcanism: Beerenberg (elev. 2,227 m) is Norway's only active volcano; volcanic activity resumed in 1970; the most recent eruption occurred in 1985
Environment - current issues	NA
Geography - note	barren volcanic island with some moss and grass