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- exterior property of Norway in the North Atlantic
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• Numbers and Facts
• History
• Origin of the Country's Name
Jan Mayen 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: 144 sq.mi.
Inhabitants: ca. 35, = crew of the station of Olonkinbyen as well as temporary fishermen and whalers
Hauptort: Olonkinbyen
official Language: Norwegian
Currency: Norwegian currency
Time Zone: GMT – 1 h
Source: Wikipedia (DE)
1607 · discovery by the English seafarer Henry Hudson
1611–1635 · the Dutch whaling skipper Jan Jacobs May van Schellinkhout (Jan May) plys his base on the island
1616 · last known eruption of the Beerenberg Volcano (2277 m)
1861 · Swiss-German research expedition
1882–1883 · installation of an Austro-Hungarian research station
1921 · establishment of a meteorlogical station
8th of May 1929 · appropriation by Norway
1940 · German air-raids in the Second World War
1959 · establishment of a radio station
1970 · the Beerenberg Volcano becomes active again
Source: Wikipedia (DE)
Origin of the Country's Name
The name "Jan Mayen" has its roots in the between 1611 and 1635 on the island present Dutch whaling skipper Jan Jacobs May van Schellinkhout (named Jan May).
Source: Wikipedia (DE)
