Stock photography picture of Coloured houses in Longyearbyen, administrative centre of Svalbard

AHEFHH - Licenced Caption Coloured houses in Longyearbyen, administrative centre of Svalbard Description Svalbard is an archipelago lying in the Arctic Ocean north of mainland Europe, about midway between Norway and the North Pole. It consists of a group of islands ranging from 76° to 81° North, and 10° to 35° East. The archipelago is the northernmost part of the Kingdom of Norway. Three islands are populated: Spitsbergen, Bjørnøya and Hopen. The largest settlement is Longyearbyen. The Svalbard Treaty recognises Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard. With the 1925 Svalbard Act, Norway chose to make Svalbard a part of the Kingdom, and it remains one of four special entities whose status is recognized by international treaty in the world today. Longyearbyen is the administrative centre of Svalbard and is located on Spitsbergen, the largest island of the Svalbard archipelago. Longyearbyen has approximately 1,800 inhabitants, most of them Norwegians and some Russians. It is the world's northernmost town with over 1000 people. Keywords dwelling, house, mountain, abundance, bank, bluff, butte, cliff, crag, dome, drift, elevation, eminence, glob, heap, height, hump, mass, mound, mount, nunatak, palisade, peak, pike, pile, precipice, pyramid, range, ridge, shock, stack, outdoors, nature, country, countryside, environment, earth, hill, mountain, nature, open, out-of-doors, patio, alfresco, outside, buildings, "arctic, ocean", "north, pole"