Location of Jan MayenGreenlandNorwayJan Mayen
Island

Jan Mayen

Surface area
377 km²
Elevation
2,277 m
Length
54 km
Width
15 km
Highest point
Beerenberg
Named after
Jan Jacobszoon May van Schellinkhout
Countries
Norway
Wikidata
Q14056

Among the world's islands

Each line is every one of the islands in this atlas that carries the measurement, ordered smallest to largest. The line down the middle is the median; the mark on each line is this one. Deserts are not ranked against lakes — the comparison is always within the same kind.

  1. Surface area377 km²189th of 227 · median 2,821 km²
  2. Elevation2,277 m25th of 164 · median 664 m
  3. Length54 km113th of 162 · median 95 km
  4. Width15 km134th of 156 · median 35 km

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