Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Introduction

Svalbard and Jan Mayen is located in Europe, with its capital being longyearbyen and the official language being Norwegian.

NOK is the legal tender of Svalbard and Jan Mayen. The top-level domain of Svalbard and Jan Mayen is .sj, and to make an overseas call to Svalbard and Jan Mayen, you need to add +47 / 0047 before the number.

The IANA time zone of Svalbard and Jan Mayen is Arctic/Longyearbyen. The local time is 7 hours ahead compared to Beijing time. On 2026-03-04, the sunrise time in Svalbard and Jan Mayen's capital longyearbyen is 08:59, and the sunset time is 17:19.

Svalbard and Jan Mayen: Norway's Overseas Territories in the Arctic Ocean

Svalbard and Jan Mayen are two Norwegian overseas territories located in the Arctic Ocean region that are of strategic and scientific importance. The archipelago of Svalbard is situated between the Norwegian mainland and the North Pole, with the main island, Spitsbergen, being the largest settlement and the city of Longyearbyen as its administrative center. According to the 1920 Treaty of Svalbard, Norway has full sovereignty over the islands, but citizens of the contracting parties are free to enter and exit and engage in economic activities there, with demilitarization as a core principle. The archipelago is dominated by coal mining, Arctic scientific research (e.g., the Global Seed Vault) and polar tourism, with the polar day visible in summer and the aurora borealis in winter. Jan Mayen, on the other hand, is a volcanic island located between the Greenland Sea and the Norwegian Sea, with no permanent inhabitants, only a Norwegian weather station and a radio relay station, and a strategic location that is crucial for Arctic shipping lane monitoring. Both are key areas for global climate change research because of their unique polar ecosystems and climates.