Table

Protected areas - Svalbard Environmental Protection Act and the Jan Mayen Act. By amount, count and proportions, 31 December
2019
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Protected area total (km²)Protected land area (km²)Proportion of protected land area (per cent)Protected sea area (km²)Proportion of protected sea area - territorial waters (per cent)Number of protected areas
1Some protected areas belong to several protection categories. Total protected area is therefore smaller than summation of protected area for all categories.
2Jan Mayen consists of one nature reserve of 375 km2
All protection purposes1122 58940 02165.282 56891.530
National parks34 35814 43523.519 92222.17
Nature reserves288 21525 57241.662 64369.422
Landscape protection areas000.000.00
Marine protected area000.000.00
Other protections17140.030.01