Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island of Norway in the Greenland Sea between northern Norway and Greenland. Discovered by Henry Hudson in 1607, it was annexed by Norway in 1929.
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The development of vegetation in relation to nitrogen supply and soil micro-organisms on Jan Mayen Island.
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The development of vegetation in relation to nitrogen supply and soil micro-organisms on Jan Mayen Island.
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I have placed it on Jan Mayen Island, a lonely volcano not far from the North Pole.
The Sea of Trolls Nancy Farmer 2004
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I have placed it on Jan Mayen Island, a lonely volcano not far from the North Pole.
The Sea of Trolls Nancy Farmer 2004
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To the east there was only one in the 80th degree of north latitude, the Esk in Jan Mayen Island, not far from Spitzbergen!
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Arctic char are found on Spitsbergen Island, about 500 miles (800 km) from Norway, and on Jan Mayen Island, which lies about 600 miles (960 km) from Spitsbergen and 400 miles (640 km) from Iceland.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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Arctic char are found on Spitsbergen Island, about 500 miles (800 km) from Norway, and on Jan Mayen Island, which lies about 600 miles (960 km) from Spitsbergen and 400 miles (640 km) from Iceland.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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Arctic char are found on Spitsbergen Island, about 500 miles (800 km) from Norway, and on Jan Mayen Island, which lies about 600 miles (960 km) from Spitsbergen and 400 miles (640 km) from Iceland.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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Arctic char are found on Spitsbergen Island, about 500 miles (800 km) from Norway, and on Jan Mayen Island, which lies about 600 miles (960 km) from Spitsbergen and 400 miles (640 km) from Iceland.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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In June 1981 the government declared a 200-mile zone around Jan Mayen Island.
1973, Sept. 9-10 2001
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