Svalbard

American  

[svahl-bahr] / ˈsvɑl bɑr /

noun

1. Norwegian name of Spitsbergen.

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Svalbard British  

/ ˈsvaːlbar /

noun

1. Also called: Spitsbergen.  a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, about 650 km (400 miles) north of Norway: consists of the main group (Spitsbergen, North East Land, Edge Island, Barents Island, and Prince Charles Foreland) and a number of outlying islands; sovereignty long disputed but granted to Norway in 1920; coal mining. Administrative centre: Longyearbyen. Pop: 1970 (2013 est). Area: 62 050 sq km (23 958 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Samples and measurements were collected at 13 sites across the central Arctic Ocean, including regions off northeast Greenland and north of Svalbard.

From Science Daily

Kit Kovacs, a scientist at the Norwegian Polar Institute, raised the alarm about the Svalbard archipelago, halfway between Norway and the North Pole.

From Barron's

Svalbard is at the heart of the scramble between global powers for Arctic resources.

From BBC

High above the Arctic Circle, the archipelago of Svalbard lies halfway between mainland Norway and the North Pole.

From BBC

A handful of other Australian territories were also hit by the new tariffs, in addition to the Norwegian archipelago Svalbard, the Falkland Islands and The British Indian Ocean Territory.

From BBC