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NORWAY

Norway
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Norway - map does not show the islands of Jan Mayen, Bear Island or Svalbard
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Capital: Oslo
Language: Norwegian. English is widely spoken.
Currency: Kroner
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Background

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Climate & Weather

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Charts

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Special Navigation Notes

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Local Radio Nets

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Arrival/Departure procedures

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Immigration & Customs

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Visas

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Health & Security

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Ports & Popular Stops

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Offshore Islands

Norway administers a few off-shore islands. These are:

  • Spitsbergen (Svalbard). Spitzbergen or Svalbard is a group of Arctic islands which have been mandated to Norway by the United Nations. The Norwegian presence is concentrated to the university (the world's northernmost) town of Longyearbyn whilst Russia maintains a presence at the coal mining town of Barrentsberg. A metreological reporting station is located on the Hopen Island in the eastern part of the group. If anchoring off the island beware of kelp beds and be advised of the rocky nature of the sea bed.
  • Bear Island. Norwegian territory in the Barents Sea. A metreological station is located on the island which lacks safe harbours and anchorages
  • Jan Mayen. A small island north of Iceland, also Norwegian territory. A metreological station is established on the island which lacks safe harbours and anchorages
  • Bouvet Island. An unpopulated Antarctic Island without safe natural harbours or anchorages


WARNING

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