Jan Mayen is a volcanic island of norwegian dominion, located in the north atlantic ocean, 950km west of Norway and 600 km north of Iceland. Current crew is of a total of 18, running the Loran-C navigation station, the meteorological station and maintaining the infrastructure - buildings, roads, airstrip, power station and so on. The view of the island is dominated of the active volcano, Beerenberg (2277m), which had its last eruption in 1985. |