Jan Mayen

Summary

Jan Mayen is an island^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,110 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Jan Mayen is in the country of Norway^[3].
• Jan Mayen is on the body of water Arctic Ocean^[4].
• Jan Mayen is on the body of water Greenland Sea^[5].
• Jan Mayen is on the body of water Norwegian Sea^[6].
• Jan Mayen's image is recorded as Beerenberg JanMayen.JPG^[7].
• Jan Mayen's continent is recorded as Europe^[8].
• Jan Mayen's instance of is recorded as island^[9].
• Jan Mayen's instance of is recorded as county^[10].
• Jan Mayen's instance of is recorded as integral overseas territory^[11].
• Jan Mayen's instance of is recorded as first-level administrative division^[12].
• Jan Mayen's official language is recorded as Norwegian^[13].
• Jan Mayen's flag image is recorded as Flag of Norway.svg^[14].
• Jan Jacobszoon May van Schellinkhout is named after Jan Mayen^[15].
• Jan Mayen's bathymetry image is recorded as JanMayenlocation.PNG^[16].
• Jan Mayen's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 247163278^[17].
• Jan Mayen's GND ID is recorded as 4028466-9^[18].
• Jan Mayen's locator map image is recorded as Jan Mayen in Nordland, Norway and Europe.png^[19].
• Jan Mayen's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh87001998^[20].
• Jan Mayen's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11979999v^[21].
• Jan Mayen's IdRef ID is recorded as 027846075^[22].
• Jan Mayen's postal code is recorded as 8099^[23].
• Jan Mayen's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as NO-22^[24].
• Jan Mayen's Commons category is recorded as Jan Mayen^[25].
• Jan Mayen's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1337126^[26].
• Jan Mayen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Jan Mayen include it-class offshore patrol vessel^[28], a ship class^[29], in Norway^[30]; Jan Mayensfield^[31], an airport^[32], in Norway^[33]; and it hotspot^[34], a hotspot^[35], in Norway^[36].

Why It Matters

Jan Mayen ranks in the top 1% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,110 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for it include it-class offshore patrol vessel^[28], a ship class^[29], in Norway^[30]; Jan Mayensfield^[31], an airport^[32], in Norway^[33]; and it hotspot^[34], a hotspot^[35], in Norway^[36].