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Svalbard Statistics 2001

10   Geographical survey. Islands and glaciers
Islands Area1 Of this glaciers2 Circumference
  km2 km
Total 61 020 36 500 8 829
       
Spitsbergen 37 673 21 977 3 919
Nordaustlandet 14 443 11 009 1 688
Edgeøya 5 074 2 102 502
Barentsøya 1 288 558 205
Kvitøya 682 675 119
Prins Karls Forland 615 96 320
Kongsøya 191 9 132
Bjørnøya 178 - 88
Svenskøya 137 2 62
Wilhelmøya 120 40 58
Other islands and islets 619 32 1 736
1  The estimates are based on the map set Svalbard 1:250 000. The system of co-ordinates is UTM33, ED50.
2  The glacier fronts on land are from the maps Svalbard 1:100 000 (1936-1990). The glacier fronts at sea are updated from satellite photos in the period 1986-1993.
Source: Norwegian Polar Research Institute.
More information: http://www.npolar.no/ .

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