Spitsbergen

(spitsbʉr′gən)

  1. group of Norwegian islands in the Arctic Ocean, constituting the major part of Svalbard: 23,641 sq mi (61,230 sq km)
  2. Svalbard

See Spitsbergen in American Heritage Dictionary 4

An island of Norway in Svalbard in the Arctic Ocean east of northern Greenland. Discovered by Willem Barents in 1596, the island became part of Norway in 1925.
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