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GovernmentCountry name
Conventional long form None
Conventional short form Jan Mayen Dependency status
Territory of Norway; since August 1994, administered from Oslo through the county governor (fylkesmann) of Nordland; however, authority has been delegated to a station commander of the Norwegian Defense Communication Service Legal system
The laws of Norway, where applicable, apply Flag description
The flag of Norway is used
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Jan Mayen [ Norway ] (Norway):
 
GPS points from Jan Mayen [ Norway ] (Norway)
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This desolate, arctic, mountainous island was named after a Dutch whaling captain who indisputably discovered it in 1614 (earlier claims are inconclusive). Visited only occasionally by seal hunters and trappers over the following centuries, the island came under Norwegian sovereignty in 1929. The long dormant Beerenberg volcano, the northernmost active volcano on earth, resumed activity in 1970 and the most recent eruption occurred in 1985.