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Geography - note Jan Mayen, in 30 editions.

The entry for Jan Mayen published Geography - note in 30 editions of 36, from 1996 to 2025. The text changed in 1 edition. Each is shown as published. Geography - note in every entry.

edition changed the text
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the first edition with it
1996
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Geographic note” (1996), “Geography - note” (1997 to 2025), “Geography-note” (1998) and “Geography--note” (1999).

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The same text in 9 editions, 2017 to 2025.

  • barren volcanic spoon-shaped island with some moss and grass flora;
  • island consists of two parts: a larger northeast Nord-Jan (the spoon "bowl") and the smaller Sor-Jan (the "handle"), linked by a 2.5 km-wide isthmus (the "stem") with two large lakes, Sorlaguna (South Lagoon) and Nordlaguna (North Lagoon)

Rewritten: too little of the 2016 text remains to mark the changes.
barren volcanic spoon-shaped island with some moss and grass flora; island consists of two parts: a larger northeast Nord-Jan (the spoon "bowl") and the smaller Sor-Jan (the "handle"), linked by a 2.5 km-wide isthmus (the "stem") with two large lakes, Sorlaguna (South Lagoon) and Nordlaguna (North Lagoon)

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Central Intelligence Agency. “Jan Mayen: Geography - note.” The World Factbook, 1996–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/jan-mayen/geography-note.

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