Passage: Svalbard (; Urban East Norwegian: [2sʋɑːlbɑɾ]; kafin 1925 da aka sani da sunan Dutch dinsa Spitsbergen) tsibiri ne na Yaren mutanen Norway a cikin Tekun Arctic. Yana arewacin babban yankin Turai, kusan a tsakiyar tsakanin Norway da Arewacin Pole. Tsibirin rukunin suna daga 74 ° zuwa 81 ° arewacin latitude, kuma daga 10 ° zuwa 35 ° gabas longitude. Tsibiri mafi girma shine Spitsbergen, sannan Nordaustlandet da Edgeøya. A tsarin gudanarwa, tsibirin ba ya cikin kowane gundumar Norway, amma yanki ne wanda ba a haɗa shi da gwamnan da gwamnatin Norway ta nada. Tun 2002, babban mazaunin Svalbard, Longyearbyen, yana da zaɓaɓɓun ƙananan hukumomi, wasu ƙananan hukumomi na tsibirin.
Ƙasar Spitsbergen