Table

Protected areas - Svalbard Environmental Protection Act and the Jan Mayen Act. By amount, count and proportions, 31 December
2020
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 58440 02265.282 56291.531
National parks34 32914 42923.519 90022.17
Nature reserves288 23925 57941.762 66069.423
Landscape protection areas000.000.00
Marine protected area000.000.00
Other protections17140.030.01