Bjørnøya

:This article is about the Norwegian island of Bj?rn?ya (Bear Island in English). See Bear Island for other places of that name.

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Bj?rn?ya (Norwegian for "Bear Island") is a Norwegian island that constitutes a part of Svalbard. It is located in the western part of the Barents Sea at 74.5?N 19.0?E, about halfway between Spitsbergen and the North Cape.

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Bj?rn?ya's outline is an irregular triangle pointing south with a greatest north-south extension of 20 km and a greatest east-west extension of 15.5 km; its surface area is 178 km?. A nature reserve covers all of the island, except 1.2 km? around the meteorological station; the reserve also stretches 4 nautical miles into the ocean.

Norwegian: When used as an adjective, Norwegian refers to anything that originates from Norway. It may refer to more than one article:...

Svalbard: Svalbard, part of the Kingdom of Norway, lies in the Arctic Ocean north of mainland Europe. It consists of a group of islands ranging from 74? to 81? North, and 10? to 34? East; it is the northernmost possession of the Kingdom of Norway. Three islands are populated: Spitsbergen, Bj?rn?ya and Hopen....

Barents Sea: The Barents Sea is a part of the Arctic Ocean located north of Norway and Russia. It is named after the Dutch navigator Willem Barents. It is a rather deep shelf sea (average depth 230 m), bordered by the shelf edge towards the Norwegian Sea in the west, the island of Svalbard (Norway) in the northw...