Jan Mayen is a volcanic island of norwegian dominion, located in the north atlantic ocean, 950km west of Norway, 600 km north of Iceland. The island and surrounding waterways out to 12nm is protected as a Nature Reserve. The Norwegian Military operates the community on the island with a small crew, running the Galileo and Egnos stations , the meteorological station and maintaining the infrastructure - buildings, roads, airstrip, power station and so on. The view of the island is dominated by the active volcano, Beerenberg (2272m), which had its last eruption in 1985.
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