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Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Svalbard and Jan Mayen is Norwegian territory: Svalbard, under the Svalbard Treaty, and the island of Jan Mayen, in Northern Europe. UN Tourism publishes no arrivals figure for it, so Globestamp places its stamp by estimate: Prism, for 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year.

Svalbard and Jan Mayen’s stamp in Globestamp
Prism · 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year
Stamp finish
Prismplaced by estimate
Area
61,554 km² (23,766 sq mi)
Airports
1with scheduled flights

Does Svalbard and Jan Mayen count as a country?

It depends on the list. Svalbard and Jan Mayen is Norwegian territory: Svalbard, under the Svalbard Treaty, and the island of Jan Mayen, so it is not one of the UN’s 193 members, but Globestamp’s list of 250 countries and territories counts it on its own. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Spitsbergen (Svalbard, Bear Island)”.

ListCounts Svalbard and Jan Mayen?
UN member states (193)No
Globestamp’s countries and territories (250)Yes
Travelers’ Century Club (330)Yes, as Spitsbergen (Svalbard, Bear Island)
European UnionNo
Schengen areaNo

Svalbard and Jan Mayen belongs to Norway, but travelers usually count it on its own, because it has its own entry rules, its own flag or its own place on the map. Other places in the same family: Bouvet Island.

The Svalbard and Jan Mayen stamp

Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Svalbard and Jan Mayen’s is Prism: the full spectrum with glints, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year. UN Tourism has no figure for Svalbard and Jan Mayen, so its finish is placed by hand from what is known of its visitors. See every stamp on the stamp wall, or the rarest on the least-visited countries.

What counts as a visit to Svalbard and Jan Mayen

The common rule among travelers is that you set foot there: an airport layover usually doesn’t count, and a port where you went ashore does. Globestamp counts Svalbard and Jan Mayen when one of your photos was taken on its ground, or just off its coast; a photo taken from a plane never counts. With a single airport with scheduled flights (Svalbard Airport, Longyear, LYR), photos only at the airport make a transit stamp, counted only if you count layovers. Read more in how to count the countries you’ve visited.

Events in Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Total solar eclipses over Svalbard and Jan Mayen that the app knows: 1 August 2008, 20 March 2015. A photo inside the path of totality that day ticks “Watch a total eclipse”.

Airports

Svalbard and Jan Mayen has 1 airport with scheduled flights. Each is a dot on Globestamp’s airports layer, and every flight you log adds to how far you’ve flown (try the flight distance calculator).

Questions people ask

Is Svalbard and Jan Mayen a country?

It depends on the list. Svalbard and Jan Mayen is Norwegian territory: Svalbard, under the Svalbard Treaty, and the island of Jan Mayen, so it is not one of the UN’s 193 members, but Globestamp’s list of 250 countries and territories counts it on its own. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Spitsbergen (Svalbard, Bear Island)”.

How many tourists visit Svalbard and Jan Mayen?

UN Tourism, the usual source, publishes no arrivals figure for Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Globestamp places its stamp by estimate, as Prism: 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year.

How rare is a Svalbard and Jan Mayen stamp in Globestamp?

It is printed in Prism, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.

Does Svalbard and Jan Mayen count for the Travelers’ Century Club?

Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Spitsbergen (Svalbard, Bear Island)”, one of its 330 destinations.

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