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!!!Jan Mayen Island 

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Tiny Jan Mayen Island [{GoogleMap location='Jan Mayen Island, Jan Mayen, Svalbard und Jan Mayen' zoom='8'}] sits about 650 km (1,040 mi) northeast of Iceland between the Norwegian and Greenland Seas. Covering 377 sq km (146 sq mi), the island is about twice the size of Washington, D.C. The white peak on the northeast section of the island is Haakon VII Toppen/Beerenberg, the northernmost active volcano in the world.