Compare Paracel Islands (2003) - Jan Mayen (2002)

Compare Paracel Islands (2003) z Jan Mayen (2002)

	Paracel Islands (2003)	Jan Mayen (2002)

Airports	1 (2002)	1 (2001)
Airports - with paved runways	total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2002)	-
Airports - with unpaved runways	-	total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2002)
Area	total: NA sq km land: NA sq km water: 0 sq km	total: 373 sq km land: 373 sq km water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative	NA	slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
Background	The Paracel Islands are surrounded by productive fishing grounds and by potential oil and gas reserves. In 1932, French Indochina annexed the islands and set up a weather station on Pattle Island; maintenance was continued by its successor, Vietnam. China has occupied the Paracel Islands since 1974, when its troops seized a South Vietnamese garrison occupying the western islands. The islands are claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam.	This desolate, mountainous island was named after a Dutch whaling captain who indisputably discovered it in 1614 (earlier claims are inconclusive). Visited only occasionally by seal hunters and trappers over the following centuries, the island came under Norwegian sovereignty in 1929. The long dormant Haakon VII Toppen/Beerenberg volcano resumed activity in 1970; it is the northernmost active volcano on earth.
Climate	tropical	arctic maritime with frequent storms and persistent fog
Coastline	518 km	124.1 km
Country name	conventional long form: none conventional short form: Paracel Islands	conventional long form: none conventional short form: Jan Mayen
Dependency status	-	territory of Norway; administered from Oslo through a governor (sysselmann) resident in Longyearbyen (Svalbard); however, authority has been delegated to a station commander of the Norwegian Defense Communication Service
Disputes - international	occupied by China, but claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam	none
Economy - overview	China announced plans in 1997 to open the islands for tourism.	Jan Mayen is a volcanic island with no exploitable natural resources. Economic activity is limited to providing services for employees of Norway's radio and meteorological stations located on the island.
Elevation extremes	lowest point: South China Sea 0 m highest point: unnamed location on Rocky Island 14 m	lowest point: Norwegian Sea 0 m highest point: Haakon VII Toppen/Beerenberg 2,277 m
Environment - current issues	NA	NA
Flag description	-	the flag of Norway is used
Geographic coordinates	16 30 N, 112 00 E	71 00 N, 8 00 W
Geography - note	composed of 130 small coral islands and reefs divided into the northeast Amphitrite Group and the western Crescent Group	barren volcanic island with some moss and grass
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)	-	13 (Jan Mayen and Svalbard) (2000)
Irrigated land	0 sq km (1998 est.)	0 sq km (1998 est.)
Land boundaries	0 km	0 km
Land use	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.)	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.)
Legal system	-	the laws of Norway, where applicable, apply
Location	Southeastern Asia, group of small islands and reefs in the South China Sea, about one-third of the way from central Vietnam to the northern Philippines	Northern Europe, island between the Greenland Sea and the Norwegian Sea, northeast of Iceland
Map references	Southeast Asia	Arctic Region
Maritime claims	NA	contiguous zone: 10 NM continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 4 NM
Military - note	occupied by China	defense is the responsibility of Norway
Natural hazards	typhoons	dominated by the volcano Haakon VII Toppen/Beerenberg; volcanic activity resumed in 1970
Natural resources	none	none
Population	no indigenous inhabitants note: there are scattered Chinese garrisons (July 2003 est.)	no indigenous inhabitants note: personnel operate the Long Range Navigation (Loran-C) base and the weather and coastal services radio station (July 2002 est.)
Ports and harbors	small Chinese port facilities on Woody Island and Duncan Island being expanded	none; offshore anchorage only
Radio broadcast stations	-	AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA note: there is one radio and meteorological station (1998)
Terrain	mostly low and flat	volcanic island, partly covered by glaciers
Waterways	none	none

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