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- exterior property of Norway in the North Atlantic
- own name: Bjørnøya
• Flag
• Numbers and Facts
• History
• Origin of the Country's Name
Bear Island has no own flag. There is in use the flag of Norway:
National and merchant flag of Norway,
ratio = 8:11,
Source, by: Corel Draw 4
Numbers and Facts
Area: 69 sq.mi.
Inhabitants: ca. 9, = crew of the station of Herwighamna
official Language: Norwegian
Currency: Norwegian currency
Time Zone: GMT + 1 h
Source: Wikipedia (DE)
1596 · discovery by the Dutch seafarer Willem Barents
1898 · appropriation by the a German Empire
9th of February 1920 · Statute of Spitzbergen, Bear Island becomes affiliated to Spitzbergen and in this way to Norway
1943 · Second World War, installation of a German radio station, years later establishment of a manned Norwegian radio station
Source: Wikipedia (DE)
Origin of the Country's Name
The name "Bear Island" probably goes back to polar bears living here, because when the island was discovered by the Dutch navigator Willem Barents in 1596, he called it Beeren-Eiland because his men had killed a polar bear there.
Source: Wikipedia (DE)
