Dependencies of Norway

Dependency Avhengighet
Dependencies of Norway (red)
Largest settlements	None (several active research stations)
Dependencies	Bouvet Island Peter I Island Queen Maud Land
Leaders
• Monarch	Harald V
• Administrators	Ministry of Justice and Public Security
Area
• Total	2,700,203 km2 (1,042,554 sq mi)
Population
• Estimate	Around 40 scientists

Norway has three dependent territories (Norwegian: biland), all uninhabited and located in the Southern Hemisphere. Bouvet Island (Bouvetøya) is a sub-Antarctic island in the South Atlantic Ocean.^[1] Queen Maud Land is the sector of Antarctica between the 20th meridian west and the 45th meridian east.^[2] Peter I Island is a volcanic island located 450 kilometres (280 mi) off the coast of Ellsworth Land of continental Antarctica.^[3] Despite being unincorporated areas, neither Svalbard nor Jan Mayen is formally considered a dependency. While the Svalbard Treaty regulates some aspects of that Arctic territory, it acknowledges that the islands are part of Norway. Similarly, Jan Mayen is recognized as an integral part of Norway.

Both Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land are south of 60°S and are thus part of the Antarctic Treaty System. While the treaty does not affect these claims, the only states that recognize Norwegian sovereignty also have Antarctic claims.^[4] The dependencies are administered by the Polar Affairs Department of the Ministry of Justice and Public Security in Oslo, Norway's capital.^[5] Norwegian criminal law, private law and procedural law apply to the dependencies, as do other laws that explicitly state they are valid on the dependencies.^[6]