Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Svalbard and Jan Mayen lie far apart in the Arctic, with the Svalbard archipelago well north of mainland Europe and Jan Mayen standing alone between Greenland and Norway. Svalbard is shaped by broad glaciers, deep fjords, and steep mountains, while tundra covers its ice-free valleys and coastal plains. Jan Mayen is a narrow volcanic island dominated by Beerenberg, whose ice cap feeds glaciers down its slopes.